China uses water cannons against Philippine ship

Bangkok Post Group

China's coastguard said it had taken measures against Philippine vessels in disputed waters of the South China Sea on Saturday (March 23). The Philippines decried the moves, including the use of water cannons, as "irresponsible and provocative" and said it would continue to assert its legal maritime rights. - REUTERS

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00:00 China's Coast Guard fired water cannons at Philippine ships in disputed waters of the

00:05 South China Sea on Saturday, actions the Philippines called "irresponsible" and "provocative."

00:11 Video released by the Philippines shows a civilian supply vessel being doused by water

00:15 cannons, which the country's task force on the South China Sea said caused significant

00:20 damage and injury to personnel on the boat.

00:23 The civilian vessel was hired to resupply a small number of Filipino troops stationed

00:28 on a grounded ship the Philippines uses to reinforce its sovereignty claims.

00:33 It was being escorted by two Navy ships and two Coast Guard vessels, the Philippine military

00:39 said.

00:40 The Philippine Coast Guard said one of its Coast Guard vessels was also impeded and encircled

00:44 by a Chinese Coast Guard ship and two Chinese maritime militia vessels.

00:49 China claims almost the entire South China Sea, including the Second Thomas Shoal, which

00:53 is within the Philippines' 200-mile exclusive economic zone.A 2016 ruling by the Permanent

00:59 Court of Arbitration found that China's sweeping claims have no legal basis.

01:04 China's Coast Guard said the Philippine vessels ignored repeated warnings and forced their

01:08 way in, and says all responsibility for the incident lies with the Philippines.

01:14 The Philippines' South China Sea task force said the country will not be deterred by veiled

01:18 threats or hostility from exercising its legal rights over its maritime zones.

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