Mga barko ng PCG, napinsala nang mabangga sa agresibong aksyon ng CCG sa Escoda Shoal; Resupply mission, itinuloy
Mga barko ng PCG, napinsala nang mabangga sa agresibong aksyon ng CCG sa Escoda Shoal; Resupply mission, itinuloy
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00:00Aggressive and dangerous maneuvering of the China Coast Guard
00:04in the vicinity of Escoda Shoal, which is located in Banggaan,
00:07where two ships of the Philippine Coast Guard were caught.
00:11Patrick Lesue in Detail.
00:16A hole that is larger than two floors and wider than three floors.
00:22In the auxiliary room on the port side of BRP Bagacay,
00:25near the auxiliary engine.
00:27And more than one meter in the starboard quarter of BRP Cape Enjanio.
00:34These are the ships that were caught by the Philippine Coast Guard
00:38when they were caught by the ships of the China Coast Guard
00:41because of the aggressive and dangerous maneuvering of the CCG.
00:45When the incident happened,
00:47past 3 am this Monday
00:50in the vicinity of Sabina or Escoda Shoal
00:53while the so-called ships of the PCG were heading to Lawak and Patag Island
00:59to resupply the people stationed there,
01:03the 13-stanchion post of BRP Bagacay was also destroyed
01:07because its starboard quarter was also damaged
01:11while the engine exhaust of BRP Cape Enjanio was damaged.
01:16No person of the PCG was injured in Banggaan
01:19and the resupply mission was continued.
01:22They didn't go back.
01:23They're still completing their mission as we speak.
01:26It's still going to be evaluated by naval architects,
01:30people with the right background to evaluate the seaworthiness of the vessel.
01:36But as I said, despite of these damages,
01:39the commanding officer of 4410 and 4411
01:42still decided to pursue their resupply mission.
01:45The ships of China stopped following
01:48when they noticed that the ships of the PCG in BRP Teresa Magbanwa
01:54have not yet headed to Escoda Shoal since April.
01:58Therefore, we can just assume that the Chinese government thought
02:03that those 44-meter vessels are really intended to reinforce our presence in Escoda Shoal.
02:11But for the information of everyone,
02:14these 44-meter vessels are just going to carry out a routine resupply operation
02:20for our Coast Guard troops deployed in Lawak Island and in Pata.
02:26The PCG said that this is the biggest mistake of their ships
02:32due to the harassment of the China Coast Guard.
02:35The National Security Council also lied
02:39and called the China Coast Guard misleading
02:43that the Philippine ships are intended to resupply.
03:09...to change the narrative and create their own scenarios
03:13on the reality of what happened this morning.
03:15The Philippines has a provisional agreement with China
03:18but this is just a supplement to the role remissions in BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal
03:23and there are other talks and consultations in other parts of the West Philippine Sea.
03:28Meanwhile, the DA of the retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio
03:34said that the government should file a new arbitration case against China
03:39when it comes to the Extended Continental Shelf.
03:42In the 2016 Arbitral Award,
03:44it was decided that there is no basis for the nine-dash line of China
03:48to conquer the entire South China Sea.
03:51100% China will lose because they're so far away.
03:54The world will rally behind that arbitral award.
03:57So I've been pushing our DFA and our government to file another arbitral award.
04:02Patrick de Azuz for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.