“I think it’s time for the Chinese government to restrain its forces so that it does not commit any provocative act that will endanger the lives of people,” military spokesperson Medel Aguilar told reporters.
MANILA, Philippines – China should restrain its forces so that they do not commit any “provocative act,” the Philippine military said on Monday, February 13, after Manila accused China’s coast guard of using a laser to try to disrupt a resupply mission to its troops in the South China Sea.
The incident took place at the Second Thomas Shoal, 105 nautical miles off the Philippine province of Palawan, which is the temporary home of a small contingent of military aboard a rusty ship. China’s foreign ministry said in response that its coast guard conducted actions according to the law. In February last year, Australia accused Beijing of an ‘act of intimidation’ after a Chinese navy vessel directed a laser at an Australian military surveillance aircraft.
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