PH protests China’s use of flares on PAF plane over Scarborough Shoal
The Philippines officially protests China’s jets firing flares near a Philippine plane over Scarborough Shoal.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/diplomatic-protest-china-use-flares-air-force-plane-scarborough-shoal/
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Transcript
00:00The Philippines officially protests China's jets firing flares near a Philippine plane
00:05over Scarborough Shoal.
00:07Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo tells a congressional panel on Tuesday, August 13, the DFAS filed
00:13a note verbal against China to convey its strong condemnation of the incident.
00:18Manalo says the Philippine Air Force plane's actions were lawful because it did not pose
00:22threat to the Chinese planes.
00:25It also did not violate any sovereignty or jurisdiction because it was within its rights
00:29to patrol the area.
00:31In a separate briefing, the Navy Inspector General Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad
00:36tells reporters the Chinese plane's actions were, quote,
00:39"...coercive, aggressive, and deceptive."
00:42The incident happened last Thursday, August 8, above Scarborough Shoal in the waters off
00:46Zambales.