Artificial island ng Tsina sa South China Sea kabilang ang ilang bahagi ng West Philippine Sea, umabot na sa 3,000 ektarya

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00:00The reclaimed area of China in the West Philippine Sea is about 3,000 hectares.

00:05According to the Philippine Navy, it is still illegal even if it is inside and outside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.

00:13This is what Patrick De Jesus reported.

00:16Based on the aerial survey of BIFAR,

00:19the various military structures and equipment in the built-up artificial island of China in the Subi Reef,

00:26this is just one of the reclaimed areas in the South China Sea.

00:30According to the Philippine Navy,

00:32the built-up artificial island of China in the entire South China Sea has already expanded to 3,000 hectares.

00:40Two of them are inside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines,

00:46the Miss Chief or Panganiban Reef and the Johnson or Mabini Reef that serves as a military base.

00:53According to the Philippine Navy, the reclamation activities of China are illegal

00:58in accordance with the Arbitral Ruling and International Law.

01:03Some of these features are within our EEZ, some are outside of our EEZ.

01:08Is there a creeping invasion? Yes, and this has begun since 1992

01:13when we started noticing Chinese markers in the expanse of the West Philippine Sea and the South China Sea.

01:20As of now, there is no new reclamation activity in China according to the Philippine Navy.

01:25But it is noteworthy that the broken corals of the Sabina or Escoda Shoal are being left behind.

01:32That is why BRP Teresa Magbanwa of the Philippine Coast Guard was deployed there since April to guard.

01:40That is the significance of our Coast Guard ship almost on a permanent basis there.

01:46That is the significance of the increased patrols by the Philippine Navy in Sabina or Escoda Shoal.

01:51Meanwhile, the number of Chinese ships in the West Philippine Sea has increased again

01:57based on the monitoring of the Philippine Navy.

01:59The number of Chinese ships built by the China Coast Guard, PLA Navy, and Chinese Maritime Militia

02:09is at 122 from just 104 last week.

02:13In the vicinity of the Escoda Shoal, the Chinese research vessel, the Keshue Sanjiao,

02:21which was monitored to leave the Panganiban or Mischief Reef on July 26,

02:26and went around some features of the West Philippine Sea,

02:30including the Ayungin Shoal, Raja Sulaiman Shoal, Bulig Shoal, Hasa Hasa Shoal, and Abad Santos Shoal.

02:38This is not just an innocent passage.

02:40The activity of the research vessel based on its track can be considered as a conspiracy.

02:47There is a possibility that it was killed by a transponder or AIS.

02:52When it zigzags, something is being done to other houses.

02:55In our barangay, when people go around, it has a bad intention.

03:00One type of survey that remains to be seen.

03:02But it is not normal for a ship to be there or a research vessel to be there

03:06and her track is not continuous and expeditious.