Bakit nga ba mahalaga ang Ayungin Shoal? | Balitanghali

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BRP Sierra Madre, isinadsad din sa Ayungin Shoal bilang tugon sa illegal occupation ng China sa Mischief Reef.

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00:00A week later, Ayungin Shoal was reported

00:03following the Chinese Coast Guard's landing

00:05on the Philippine Navy's resupply mission there.

00:07Ayungin Shoal will be found in the West Philippine Sea.

00:10140 nautical miles away from Palawan

00:13and more than 660 nautical miles away from Hainan, China.

00:18It was also called the 2nd Thomas Shoal

00:20and Reina Jiao for the Chinese.

00:22The BRP Sierra Madre was also noticed there.

00:25It is a tank landing ship of the Philippine Navy

00:28that was deliberately landed there on May 7, 1999

00:31as part of China's illegal occupation of Michif Reef in 1994.

00:36Since then, the ship has not left the area

00:39and a military outpost was set up there by the Philippines.

00:41Since there were soldiers destined there,

00:44until now, the Philippine soldiers and Coast Guard

00:47have been returning there

00:49to bring goods and food.

00:52That is what is called the Rotation and Resupply or RORE mission.

00:56Those missions were repeatedly fought between China and the Philippines.

01:01China has long denied that Ayungin is their territory

01:05based on their historical claim of the Nine-Dash Line in the South China Sea.

01:10That is contrary to the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration of 2016

01:14that the Nine-Dash Line is not legally based.

01:18Also based on the ruling of the PCA,

01:20Ayungin Shoal is a low-tide elevation.

01:22It is included in the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf of the Philippines.

01:27There is no legal basis to consider it as a territory of China

01:31but it is not accepted by China.

01:34Aside from the occupation of the area,

01:36China wants to remove the BRT Shiarmadre from Ayungin Shoal.

01:40According to a former National Security Advisor,

01:43it is a threat to China.

01:45The presence of our military

01:48is a threat to the establishment of China's own military station.

01:52Ayungin Shoal is also close to the RIBANG or RectoBank

01:55that is believed to be rich in oil and natural gas.

01:59China's gateway,

02:00the Philippines has promised to remove the BRT Shiarmadre from Ayungin Shoal.

02:05The government of the Philippines denied that there is such a discussion.

02:09Despite the aggressive moves of China in the West Philippine Sea,

02:12particularly in Ayungin Shoal,

02:14the Philippines claims that it follows international law

02:18and that it will continue to send food and water to the Filipino soldiers

02:23who are destined for the BRT Shiarmadre.

02:44.

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