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00:00 A Chinese Navy helicopter attacked BFAR and Marine scientists
00:05 who were conducting a survey in San Dikey 3 in the West Philippine Sea.
00:09 Some Filipinos were injured because the helicopter was flying too low.
00:13 Witnesses, JP Soriano.
00:16 The BFAR man was hit and his face was covered to protect the strong wind.
00:26 The crushed coral also splashed.
00:29 [Helicopter noise]
00:54 The strong wind was very dangerous and the Chinese Navy helicopter flew too low
01:02 for 10 minutes.
01:04 [Helicopter noise]
01:05 This caused distress to BFAR and Marine scientists of the University of the Philippines-Diliman
01:12 Institute of Biology located there to examine San Dikey 3.
01:17 Some Filipinos were also injured and injured.
01:21 Despite this, UP Marine researchers and BFAR completed collecting coral samples in San
01:29 Dikey.
01:31 In their initial observation, there was indication that the dead coral came from other places
01:37 that could be used for expansion.
01:41 The place where the debris was placed was not good and there was no big fish that was
01:47 an indication of excessive fishing.
01:50 I think that the future of these islands will have a significant effect on all the fisheries
01:56 in the West Philippine Sea, up to north or even in the Visayan Sea.
02:00 Our approach includes not just the armed forces of the Philippines, the Philippine Coast Guard
02:04 or even the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
02:07 We also take recommendations from the academic, particularly those who are really authority
02:14 when it comes to science.
02:16 The Philippine Coast Guard's attack on San Dikey happened on Saturday, March 23.
02:22 On the same day, the Philippine Coast Guard also flooded the island on May 4, when the
02:28 Ayunin Shol was on its way to the Rorre Mission.
02:31 Several soldiers were injured in the mission.
02:35 One of them had 13 stitches under his eyes.
02:40 He was blind, maybe because he didn't feel anything when he was hit.
02:44 He was hit on the head with seven stitches, and another one was hit on the back of his
02:48 head.
02:50 I fell on the wall.
02:51 If that wall is gone, he fell on the sea.
02:55 The AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Bronner Jr. visited and praised them.
03:01 Would you say really it aims to harm them, to cause injury?
03:05 We don't know the objective of the Chinese Coast Guard when they did that.
03:12 But the fact is, the water stream was strong, the water was washed away by their water canals.
03:19 Although the island was flooded on May 4, and there were injured by the Chinese Coast
03:25 Guard, former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said, it cannot be used as
03:31 a basis for a new arbitration case against China.
03:36 The tribunal said, this is a military activity outside the jurisdiction of the tribunal.
03:42 So his recommendation is to transfer the charge to the Philippine Coast Guard from the AFP.
03:49 What we should do now is to convert our presence there into a civilian presence.
03:55 If they stop us from bringing in materials, that's the time we go back to the tribunal.
04:02 If the PCG is still prohibited, a new case can be filed against the enclose and the Philippines
04:09 ask for damages to China.
04:11 There are cases that the solicitor general is studying but cannot be detailed.
04:18 The Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said, the Philippines will be consistent in
04:25 adhering to international laws.
04:28 We had messages of support from over 20 countries, governments who clearly stated the importance
04:34 of adhering to international law.
04:36 The Chinese embassy did not want to comment on the possible filing of cases against the
04:42 enclose.
04:43 But the Vice Foreign Minister of China insisted that they should stop the resupply ships of
04:48 the Philippines because they brought construction materials for the BRP Sierra Madre, which
04:54 was denied to the Philippine government.
04:59 The Philippine government has repeatedly denied such a case.
05:04 From San Dike 2 West, Philippine Sea, and for GMA Integrated News, JP Sorian, your witness.
05:14 [music]
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