#ReportersNotebook: "Agawan sa Karagatan"
Patuloy na ginagawa ng China Coast Guard (CCG) ang walang habas na panggigipit sa mga sundalong Pinoy! Kasama na rito ang mga pisikal na pag-atake, paggamit ng mga patalim, walang tigil na pagpapatunog ng mga sirena para magdulot ng pagkabalisa at ang paggamit ng nakakasilaw na strobe lights para mapinsala ang paningin at koordinasyon ng mga sundalong Pilipino.
Ano ang magiging tugon ng pamahalaan sa mga insidenteng ito sa West Philippine Sea? Panoorin ang video.
Patuloy na ginagawa ng China Coast Guard (CCG) ang walang habas na panggigipit sa mga sundalong Pinoy! Kasama na rito ang mga pisikal na pag-atake, paggamit ng mga patalim, walang tigil na pagpapatunog ng mga sirena para magdulot ng pagkabalisa at ang paggamit ng nakakasilaw na strobe lights para mapinsala ang paningin at koordinasyon ng mga sundalong Pilipino.
Ano ang magiging tugon ng pamahalaan sa mga insidenteng ito sa West Philippine Sea? Panoorin ang video.
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00:00The Chinese Coast Guard blocked the Philippine soldiers from resupplying their shipments while they were on a resupply mission at the BRP Sierra Madre,
00:14or the old ship docked at Mayayungin Shoal that serves as an outpost for the Philippine soldiers.
00:21The Chinese Coast Guard even blocked the inflatable boat of the Philippine soldiers.
00:39One of our soldiers even lost his finger.
00:50The Chinese Coast Guard even blocked the inflatable boat of the Philippine soldiers.
00:55A fight ensues.
01:00A chase.
01:07And almost a fight in the middle of the Ayuvi Shoal.
01:12After the Chinese Coast Guard robbed the food supply for the soldiers destined to the BRP Sierra Madre.
01:25Go to the shore. Go to the shore.
01:27Go to the shore. Go to the shore.
01:30And when the Chinese Coast Guard took the food supply,
01:36they even threw it into the sea.
01:41And not only that, they even took advantage of it.
01:45Sir!
01:46Sir!
01:47Sir!
01:48Sir!
01:50On May 19, the Chinese Coast Guard continued to harass the Philippine soldiers.
01:55Go to the shore.
01:58Sir! Sir!
02:00Go back.
02:01Go to the shore.
02:03Go to the shore.
02:04Go to the shore.
02:05Go to the shore.
02:07In this video, you can see the Chinese Coast Guard bombing the Philippine Coast Guard's rubber boat
02:13in the middle of a medical evacuation mission.
02:17A soldier who has a BRP Sierra Madre disease was needed to respond.
02:25Their large ship also made a dangerous maneuver in the middle of the Philippine soldiers' attack.
02:34The Chinese Coast Guard's attack on the Philippine's inflatable boats in the Escoda Shoal returned to the harbor.
02:41Escoda Shoal.
02:46China Coast Guard, this is the Philippine Coast Guard.
02:47We are within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone.
02:49We are conducting marine scientific research activity.
02:51Please keep clear of us.
02:54This is head of me. It's head of me.
02:56In the middle of the marine scientific research,
02:58in the bays where there is a reclamation activity,
03:04there are reefs in the middle of the coral reef.
03:08This is an indication that there is also dynamite fishing that happened.
03:11There are illegal activities.
03:14Many of the corals are being destroyed.
03:17Because of this, it is possible that there are ships and anchors are falling.
03:21The corals are being pulled and destroyed because of this.
03:25The corals are being destroyed.
03:30The situation here is very dangerous.
03:32The Chinese Coast Guard and the Philippine Coast Guard are making a dangerous maneuver.
03:38The Philippine Coast Guard is blocking the Chinese Coast Guard members
03:43who are close to the team of the University of the Philippines.
03:46They need to be careful in their maneuvers because this part of the coral is shallow.
03:53It is getting hotter and tenser in different parts of the West Philippine Sea.
04:00What is our battle?
04:03And what is the government doing in the case of the sea robbery?
04:09China Coast Guard, this is the Philippine Coast Guard.
04:11We are with the Philippine Coast Guard.
04:13We are conducting marine scientific research based on our interviews.
04:23Stop! This is our territory!
04:37This Monday, June 17, while the resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or AFP
04:42is underway in Union Shoal for the soldiers destined for the BRP Sierra Madre
04:47which is 120 nautical miles away,
04:49from Zambales, entered the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone of the EEZ of the Philippines.
04:57China Coast Guard became aggressive.
05:01They blocked and intercepted the inflatable boats of the Philippines.
05:09And they launched attacks and strikes.
05:12And they launched attacks and strikes.
05:18You can also hear the noise of their siren that is disturbing the communication of our soldiers.
05:26While in another inflatable boat that other Philippine soldiers are riding,
05:29the China Coast Guard launched a tear gas attack.
05:34And in one video, you can see that the China Coast Guard
05:38even pierced the inflatable boat of the Philippine soldiers.
05:46In this satellite footage, you can see how the China Coast Guard
05:50pierced the Philippine marine vehicle.
06:00Run!
06:02Run!
06:04Seven Philippine soldiers were injured,
06:06including one soldier who lost his finger in the middle of the encounter.
06:15Before the tension ended, the China Coast Guard captured the inflatable boat of the Philippines.
06:23After the incident, AFP released the footage captured by the Philippine soldiers.
06:30You can see a cell phone and windshield communications and navigational equipment
06:35that was deliberately destroyed by the China Coast Guard
06:38after the Philippine soldiers attacked the RHIB.
06:43An inflatable boat was also pierced.
06:46They are like pirates in their actions.
06:50You want them to abide by the rules,
06:52guided by the rules of engagement,
06:53you want them to approach us above board.
06:55I call them a band of barbarians.
06:57And in the first place, they have no right to wear the uniform.
07:01Coast Guard's men are supposed to be responsible for the safety of life at sea.
07:05Their actions endanger life at sea.
07:07Other than that, we should now be very careful in looking at
07:10what China is doing in the West Philippine Sea
07:13because it can also be done to them if that is already being done.
07:17In the statement released by China,
07:20the Philippines was the one who pierced the Chinese ships
07:23while bringing building materials and weapons to Ayungin Shoal.
07:26China also ordered the Philippine soldiers to pour water and throw rocks at them
07:32as a way for the tensions to escalate and put them in danger.
07:41It was only on May 19 that food supplies were airdropped to the Philippine Army
07:45for the soldiers stationed at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal.
07:50Airdropping was the only way to deliver food and other important supplies to the soldiers assigned here.
08:01But when some of the food supplies fell into the sea,
08:04several rubber boats of the China Coast Guard rushed to steal them.
08:10Hold on! Hold on!
08:11Hold on! Hold on!
08:12Hold on! Hold on!
08:13Hold on! Hold on!
08:14Hold on! Hold on!
08:15Hold on! Hold on!
08:17Two rubber boats of the Philippines rushed
08:20and two bigger rubber boats of China.
08:23I think it's going to sink.
08:30When the supplies and food of the packages sent to BRP Sierra Madre were seen,
08:37the China Coast Guard threw the packages into the sea.
08:44The AFP recovered some of the delivered items,
08:47but most of them sank and were no longer used.
08:56It's going to sink, sir.
08:58Don't do it! Don't do it!
09:01They were trespassing into our exclusive economic zone.
09:05They interfered in a legal operational resupply mission.
09:09Their narrative is that they do the blocking because of construction materials.
09:14They have zero common sense.
09:17The Armed Forces of the Philippines, or AFP,
09:19was the first to approach the BRP Sierra Madre.
09:24And there is no truth to the information spread by China
09:28that the Philippine soldiers pointed guns at their Coast Guard.
09:32They just went out just to get ready in case something happens.
09:36Because it's too close.
09:38They are here to drop.
09:39It's not just the supplies that are pointed at by the China Coast Guard.
09:44We're going to minibank.
09:46We have a fixed personnel on that boat.
09:50The China Coast Guard also blocked
09:52the Bridget Hall inflatable boat of the Philippine Navy
09:55that was conducting a medical evacuation
09:57for a soldier on duty at the BRP Sierra Madre
10:00who was sick.
10:02The Chinese Coast Guard also blocked
10:04the Bridget Hall inflatable boat of the Philippine Navy
10:07that was conducting a medical evacuation
10:09for a soldier on duty at the BRP Sierra Madre
10:12who was sick.
10:14According to the Philippine Coast Guard,
10:16China made an excessive deployment
10:19when it released two Coast Guard vessels,
10:22two small boats,
10:24and two rubber boats
10:26against an inflatable boat of the Philippine Navy.
10:31Because of the incident,
10:32the next day, a sick soldier was brought to the hospital in Palawan.
10:38Oh!
10:40If there was an incident
10:43that ended up killing a Filipino serviceman,
10:47that would certainly increase the level of response.
10:52And if a Filipino citizen is killed by a willful act,
10:56that is what we define as an act of war.
11:00There was also tension in other parts of the West Philippine Sea.
11:08June 4. Our team will return to the West Philippine Sea.
11:13In this occasion,
11:14in Escoda,
11:15better known as Sabina Shoal,
11:17is our destination.
11:19Here,
11:20research and assessment will be conducted
11:22by some experts of the U.P. Marine Science Institute
11:25along with the Philippine Coast Guard.
11:28This place is 70 nautical miles away
11:31from the mainland of Palawan,
11:33also included in the AEC of the Philippines.
11:36Their mission
11:37is to examine the condition of marine resources
11:41in this part of the ocean.
11:47But later,
11:48the China Coast Guard suddenly appeared
11:51to stop our navigation.
11:56Their rubber hull inflatable boat, or RIB,
11:59chased the Philippine rubber boat.
12:01It was chased until it returned to the harbour.
12:24But the Filipinos did not give up.
12:32The RIB is blocking the situation here.
12:35The manoeuvring is slow
12:37between the China Coast Guard
12:40and our Philippine Coast Guard.
12:42What the Philippine Coast Guard is doing
12:44is blocking the members of the Chinese Coast Guard
12:47who are close to the team of the University of the Philippines.
12:50We need to be careful in the manoeuvring
12:52because this part of Sabina is shallow.
12:57Please do not interfere.
13:00When the blockade and chase lasted,
13:02the China Coast Guard showed additional strength.
13:06They flew two helicopters.
13:15And they also launched two hovercrafts
13:18that can hit a rubber boat
13:20with the power of a machine alone.
13:27This is China Sea.
13:32We are within Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone.
13:35China Coast Guard, this is Philippine Coast Guard.
13:37We are conducting marine scientific research activity.
13:40Please keep clear of us for safety.
13:46Clear now.
13:50According to one of the experts
13:52who was part of the fieldwork that day,
13:54the China Coast Guard did not stop them
13:56while they were conducting their research.
14:00When we were going down from BRP Teresa Magbanua,
14:05the big ship of China immediately followed.
14:08There were a lot of people stationed there
14:10with their Coast Guard vessels that were big,
14:14as big as Teresa Magbanua or bigger.
14:17They immediately followed us.
14:19We were just riding on a rubber boat.
14:24Was their mission successful?
14:26They were able to investigate the bottom of the sea.
14:33But the China's bullying of them is not yet over.
14:36This is Philippine Coast Guard vessel.
14:39You are sailing 100 yards on my port bow.
14:42What is your intention over us?
14:45They were still chased by the big ship of China
14:49while returning to BRP Teresa Magbanua
14:52that was stationed in Sabina Shoal for two months.
14:56After day one,
14:58we decided to stop.
15:00We will not continue.
15:02It was so scary because they were already
15:04getting off the speedboat.
15:10The next day, June 5,
15:12China added their presence in Sabina Shoal.
15:18But the experts continued
15:20to investigate the debris in the sea.
15:24It is important for them to confirm the report
15:26obtained by the Philippine Coast Guard or PCG
15:28on the possible reclamation activity of China
15:32in this part of the West Philippine Sea.
15:34The case is that we are currently
15:38on this side of the Philippines
15:40in the Bleaching Watch.
15:44In the study in Sabina or Escoda Shoal,
15:47many corals were found dead.
15:52There are also parts of the sea
15:54where the corals look good and healthy.
15:58But when examined,
15:59they found indications of bleaching
16:03or signs of death
16:05if not recovered.
16:10You can also see in other parts of the West Philippine Sea
16:13the destruction of coral reefs.
16:17When we went to the Scarborough Shoal in 2018,
16:21we saw the huge debris
16:23that happened under the sea.
16:26It was destroyed
16:28and the coral reefs turned white
16:30in this part of Scarborough.
16:32The coral reefs were destroyed.
16:36The coral reefs were destroyed.
16:38The coral reefs were destroyed.
16:40It is hard to recover these coral reefs.
16:43A few years ago,
16:44the coral reefs were destroyed.
16:46It is hard to recover these coral reefs.
16:48They were destroyed.
16:52The dead and broken corals
16:54that were found by China
16:56in the living corals
16:58were discovered by experts
17:02in a maritime survey
17:04just last month
17:05in the Cay Area of Pagasa Island.
17:08This is an indication that
17:10a new man-made island
17:12has been discovered
17:13that is now closer to Pagasa Island.
17:17It was also found in their study
17:19that the number of fish in Pagasa Island is decreasing.
17:23The remaining corals here are almost dying.
17:27It means that
17:28this is a sign
17:29that the rich sea on the island will be destroyed.
17:35It is no longer surprising
17:36why the West Philippine Sea
17:38was made by other countries.
17:43Because of this,
17:4430% of all coral reefs
17:46or coral reefs in the country
17:48will be found here.
17:49This is because of the rich sea
17:51and other natural resources.
17:54In the new expeditions
17:55that the Marine Science Institute has done,
17:57there are many species
17:59that we haven't reported yet.
18:01There are many species of seaweeds
18:03that we didn't know existed before.
18:09That is why experts believe
18:11that it is important to study the area
18:13and continue to study it.
18:16The UP Marine Science Institute
18:18has already done some field assessments
18:20and research in the West Philippine Sea.
18:22The MSI has been studying
18:24since the 1990s in the West Philippine Sea.
18:27In 2019, the MSI had its own ship.
18:30We have been back there for years.
18:34They are especially interested in their research
18:36because they have received information
18:39about the illegal activities of China
18:42in different parts of the West Philippine Sea.
18:45There are reefs in the middle of the coral reef
18:48and this is an indication
18:50that there is also dynamite fishing.
18:52So there are illegal activities.
18:54Many of the corals are destroyed
18:57because of this,
18:58it is possible that there are ships
19:00and anchors are falling.
19:02The corals are pulled and destroyed
19:04because of this.
19:05This is a big indication
19:07that there is a mass bleaching event.
19:10In Escoda or Sabina Shoal,
19:12the presence of our weapons is limited.
19:20Only one to two ships
19:22of the Philippine Coast Guard
19:23can be deployed here.
19:27It is far away from many
19:29and the Chinese ship is growing.
19:31But despite this,
19:33the resistance of the Philippine troops
19:35is still strong
19:37to guard the territories
19:39or clear areas
19:41inside the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone
19:43or EEZ.
19:52It seems that our ships are not fighting.
19:57Weapons
20:02and forces in the West Philippine Sea
20:05is a truth
20:06that remains true
20:08and powerful to all.
20:10The Philippines
20:11won the Hague Ruling in 2016.
20:14Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
20:17We have a right
20:19in this part of the ocean.
20:21We are conducting marine scientific research.
20:23I am Mackie Pulido.
20:25I am Dune Veneration.
20:27And this is Reporters Roadwork.