Philippines alarmed over China 'monster ship' moving closer to land
Philippines vows not to back down from Beijing's increasingly aggressive South China Sea patrols which it says were moving alarmingly close to the country's coast.
National Maritime Council Spokesman Jonathan Malaya says in a press conference that China is "increasing aggression" by deploying "monster ship" China Coast Guard vessel 5901 about 77-nautical-miles off the coast of the Philippines' largest island.
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Philippines vows not to back down from Beijing's increasingly aggressive South China Sea patrols which it says were moving alarmingly close to the country's coast.
National Maritime Council Spokesman Jonathan Malaya says in a press conference that China is "increasing aggression" by deploying "monster ship" China Coast Guard vessel 5901 about 77-nautical-miles off the coast of the Philippines' largest island.
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00:00As a nation unified in securing what is rightfully and legally ours, we do not and will not dignify
00:09these scare tactics by backing down.
00:13We do not waver or coerce in the face of intimidation, but lately we were surprised about the increasing
00:24aggression being shown by the People's Republic of China in deploying the monster ship.
00:31And the monster ship is not close to Plano de Macindo, it's getting closer also to the
00:37Philippines, to the Philippine coastline.
00:38As mentioned by Commodore J. Tariella, it's 77 nautical miles from the coast of Zambales.
00:47So that is alarming.
00:49The presence of the monster ship in our waters is illegal and inconsistent with the exercise
00:58of freedom of navigation and innocent passage.
01:03It is clearly a provocative act.
01:07It is also a clear attempt to intimidate our fishermen and deprive them of their legitimate
01:14livelihood.
01:15It doesn't really carry out very aggressive action, but its mere presence is already concerning.