00:00Good evening, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
00:04Not only were they swept away, but the boats of the Philippines were also washed away
00:11by the people of China Coast Guard.
00:14Based on the stories of two sources of GMA Integrated News,
00:17the incident that injured seven Filipino soldiers, including one who was cut in half, is true.
00:25China Coast Guard said that their people even jumped on a boat.
00:30They also fired guns and hoisted the boats on a shore.
00:37Joseph Morong has the story.
00:42In this exclusive picture of GMA Integrated News,
00:46we can see a soldier of the Philippine Navy being swept away by the waves.
00:50For those who are watching, we can see in the picture his hand, which was cut in half.
00:55This soldier was one of the victims of the Philippine Navy and China Coast Guard in Ayungin yesterday.
01:02This happened while the Philippine Navy was conducting a rotation and resupply mission
01:06in the part of Ayungin Shoal inside the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
01:10This incident was the first time that the China Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy
01:14carried out their own Administrative Law Enforcement Procedure
01:19to arrest foreign ships that are in the waters of their territory.
01:24There are no details in the statement issued by the National Security Council or NSC last night.
01:29It was only said that the rotation and resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal,
01:33where the BRP Sierra Madre is located, was launched yesterday morning.
01:36This was due to China's aggressive action,
01:38where the inflatable boats of the Philippine Navy are being attacked.
01:43The NSC condemned China's action.
01:46The NSC did not mention that the soldier was injured.
01:49According to the spokesman of the China Coast Guard in a statement,
01:52the Philippines broke its promise and sent supply ships and inflatable boats to Ayungin.
01:58So, apart from giving warnings and obstacles,
02:01the China Coast Guard stormed the Philippine Navy's boat and inspected it.
02:06China said that they did this legally and professionally.
02:09But aside from these stories,
02:11the GMA Integrated News obtained additional details from two reliable sources
02:16about what happened between the Philippine forces and China.
02:20The first source quoted an official who knows about the mission.
02:24Aside from the attack on the rigid hull of the inflatable boats or BRP,
02:27it was also threatened by China even though it has soldiers of the Philippine Navy on board.
02:32Seven Philippine Navy soldiers were injured in the incident.
02:35One of them even lost his finger.
02:38This is also the detail provided by another official who has long been a source of GMA Integrated News
02:43who obtained the initial report of what happened.
02:45Aside from the hole in the inflatable boat,
02:47it was also broken and the engine was broken using a hammer.
02:52The Chinese attacked the Philippine Navy's guns and soldiers' cell phones.
02:57According to the reliable source of GMA Integrated News,
03:01the Chinese hostage four RIB or Rapid Hull Inflatable Boats.
03:05But it was also returned to the Philippines after a long negotiation.
03:10It was also talked about in China that the soldiers will receive answers to a medical evacuation.
03:15We informed the Department of National Defense, National Security Council,
03:19and the Armed Forces of the information held by GMA Integrated News to ask for a reaction.
03:24But they still have no answer until now.
03:27Excessive images were obtained by GMA Integrated News
03:30that the PCG returned the soldiers of the Philippine Navy to the Bolivian port in Palawan.
03:34It was also seen in the image of one of the inflatable boats that was broken by the Chinese,
03:38which was wrapped in blue cloth.
03:40The injured soldiers were brought to the hospital.
03:43According to the NSC, the Armed Forces of the Philippine Coast Guard carried out a resupply mission.
03:48But according to Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson Commodore Jay Tariella,
03:51The resupply mission is a mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
03:56For the Philippine Coast Guard, we were there just to support the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
04:00For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong.
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