MANILA: The Philippine military said Wednesday the Chinese coast guard rammed and boarded Filipino navy boats in a violent confrontation in the South ...
The Philippine military said Wednesday the Chinese coast guard rammed and boarded Filipino navy boats in a violent confrontation in the South China Sea this week in which a Filipino sailor lost a thumb.
He denounced the Chinese action as “piracy” and demanded the return of seized weapons and other equipment, as well as reparations for damaged items. Photos showed two Chinese vessels approaching what it said was a smaller Philippine vessel from either side while another Chinese boat tailed closely behind.AFP was not able to independently verify the images.
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken spoke with his Filipino counterpart on Wednesday about the recent “escalatory actions” by China, the State Department said in a statement. Second Thomas Shoal lies about 200 kilometres from the western Philippine island of Palawan and more than 1,000 kilometres from China’s nearest major landmass, Hainan island.Brawner described the incident after visiting the injured sailor in Palawan, saying Filipino personnel had “fought back with our bare hands” after Chinese coast guard personnel from eight vessels boarded their rigid-hulled inflatable boats.
He said communication and navigation equipment and an outboard motor were destroyed and the mobile phones of the Filipino crew were taken.
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