Artificial island ng China sa South China Sea at ilang bahagi ng WPS, aabot na sa 3,000 ektarya
Artificial island ng China sa South China Sea at ilang bahagi ng WPS, aabot na sa 3,000 ektarya
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00:00China's reclaimed area in the West Philippine Sea is now up to 3,000 hectares.
00:05But the Philippine Navy says these areas are still illegal,
00:09even if they are inside and outside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
00:14Patrick De Jesus has the details.
00:19Based on the BFAR aerial survey,
00:22the various military structures and equipment
00:25in China's artificial island, the Subi Reef,
00:29is the only reclaimed area in the South China Sea.
00:33According to the Philippine Navy,
00:35the artificial island of China is now up to 3,000 hectares
00:41in the entire South China Sea.
00:43Two of them are inside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines,
00:48the Miss Chief or Panganiban Reef,
00:51and the Johnson or Mabini Reef, which serves as a military base.
00:55The Philippine Navy said that the reclamation activities of China are illegal
01:01according to the Arbitral Ruling and International Law.
01:06Some of these features are within our EEZ,
01:08some are outside of our EEZ.
01:12Is there a creeping invasion? Yes.
01:13And this has begun since 1992,
01:16when we started noticing Chinese markers
01:19in the expanse of the West Philippine Sea and the South China Sea.
01:22As of now, there is no new reclamation activity in China,
01:26according to the Navy.
01:27But it is noteworthy that the broken corals
01:31of the Sabina or Escoda Shoal are being left behind.
01:35That is why BRP Teresa Magbanwa of the Philippine Coast Guard
01:40was deployed there since April to guard.
01:43That is the significance of our Coast Guard ship
01:46almost on a permanent basis there.
01:48That is the significance of the increased patrols
01:50by the Philippine Navy in Sabina or Escoda Shoal.
02:21Keshue Sanjau
02:23On July 26, it was monitored to leave the Panganiban or Mischief Reef
02:29and roamed some features of the West Philippine Sea
02:32including the Ayungin Shoal, Raja Sulaiman Shoal, Bulig Shoal,
02:37Hasa Hasa Shoal, and Abad Santos Shoal.
02:40It is not just an innocent passage,
02:43but the activity of the Research Vessel based on its track
02:45is considered to be suspicious.
02:49There is a possibility that it was killed by a transponder or AIS.
02:55When it is zigzagging, it is doing something to other houses.
02:57In our barangay, when people are moving around,
03:01it has a bad intention.
03:02One type of survey that remains to be seen.
03:04But it is not normal for a ship to be there
03:07or a search vessel to be there
03:08and her track is not continuous and expeditious.
03:11Patrick De Asus for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.