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00:00 Meanwhile, the eyes of the people gathering at Rosal Reef, where the dead and broken corals were seen, are not going down from the 30 Chinese vessels.
00:11 Vietnam, which also has a party in the South China Sea, is continuously expanding its occupied islands.
00:18 First news is from Chino Gaston.
00:23 After the rubber boats of China and the Philippines were caught by the patentee in Sabina Shoal and the Chinese Coast Guard was harassed by the Philippine Coast Guard in the medical evacuation at BRP Sierra Madre in Iungin Shoal,
00:34 the group of "Di Ba Baba" was spotted at 32 Chinese maritime militia vessels in Rosul or Irukua Reef.
00:42 Based on satellite imaging from the social media post of security analyst Ray Powell, the Philippine Coast Guard has pictures of the so-called swarming.
00:51 The Philippine Coast Guard also radio-challenged the BRP vessels to come to life, but there was no response.
00:58 The militia vessels also did not cross the waters.
01:02 The Philippine Navy and Coast Guard are monitoring this now.
01:05 Rosul Reef is inside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
01:09 It is located in the eastern part of the Recto or Reed Bank, where the dead and broken corals were seen.
01:16 While the Philippines and China are continuously fighting, Vietnam is also continuously dredging or expanding its occupied islands in the South China Sea,
01:25 such as the Bark Canada Reef, which has almost doubled in size in 412 acres from the former 238 acres.
01:32 Expansion and construction of Discovery Great Reef, Namiet Island and Pearson Reef are also seen.
01:38 In total, Vietnam claimed 692 acres or 280 hectares within six months.
01:47 These dredges, even outside our EEZ, are also being accepted by the Philippines because it is part of the Kalayaan Island Group.
01:54 According to maritime law experts, the Philippines has previously notified the island building of Vietnam of the dredges in the Kalayaan Island Group.
02:03 Even though Vietnam's territory in the Philippines is not as big as China's.
02:07 Vietnam is not doing what China is doing to us and we are able to talk to each other properly.
02:12 So it's a concern of course because it also has an impact.
02:16 According to the Philippine Coast Guard, Vietnam is just reclaiming the maritime features that they already held before the 2002 Declaration of Conduct.
02:25 They are not being strict with the Filipino fishermen and are sending ships to surround the outposts of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea.
02:34 But according to Ray Powell, it is possible that Vietnam is just implementing the Chinese invasion of the Philippines.
02:41 In their logic, that was not in violation of the declaration because they were just improving the places that they already were.
02:51 Whereas they don't recognize the BRPCR Madre as being a legitimate occupation.
02:58 Meanwhile, National Security Advisor Eduardo Año called it crazy,
03:04 "It is not true and unacceptable that the Chinese Foreign Ministry needs to attack the Philippines whenever we have a resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal which is inside the EEZ of the country."
03:16 This is the first news, Chino Gaston for GMA Integrated News.
03:24 (In Tagalog)
03:37 (In Tagalog)