00:00A week later, Ayungin Shoal was reported
00:03following the Chinese Coast Guard's landing
00:05on the Philippine Navy's resupply mission there.
00:07Ayungin Shoal will be found in the West Philippine Sea.
00:10140 nautical miles away from Palawan
00:13and more than 660 nautical miles away from Hainan, China.
00:18It was also called the 2nd Thomas Shoal
00:20and Reina Jiao for the Chinese.
00:22The BRP Sierra Madre was also noticed there.
00:25It is a tank landing ship of the Philippine Navy
00:28that was deliberately landed there on May 7, 1999
00:31as part of China's illegal occupation of Michif Reef in 1994.
00:36Since then, the ship has not left the area
00:39and a military outpost was set up there by the Philippines.
00:41Since there were soldiers destined there,
00:44until now, the Philippine soldiers and Coast Guard
00:47have been returning there
00:49to bring goods and food.
00:52That is what is called the Rotation and Resupply or RORE mission.
00:56Those missions were repeatedly fought between China and the Philippines.
01:01China has long denied that Ayungin is their territory
01:05based on their historical claim of the Nine-Dash Line in the South China Sea.
01:10That is contrary to the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration of 2016
01:14that the Nine-Dash Line is not legally based.
01:18Also based on the ruling of the PCA,
01:20Ayungin Shoal is a low-tide elevation.
01:22It is included in the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf of the Philippines.
01:27There is no legal basis to consider it as a territory of China
01:31but it is not accepted by China.
01:34Aside from the occupation of the area,
01:36China wants to remove the BRT Shiarmadre from Ayungin Shoal.
01:40According to a former National Security Advisor,
01:43it is a threat to China.
01:45The presence of our military
01:48is a threat to the establishment of China's own military station.
01:52Ayungin Shoal is also close to the RIBANG or RectoBank
01:55that is believed to be rich in oil and natural gas.
01:59China's gateway,
02:00the Philippines has promised to remove the BRT Shiarmadre from Ayungin Shoal.
02:05The government of the Philippines denied that there is such a discussion.
02:09Despite the aggressive moves of China in the West Philippine Sea,
02:12particularly in Ayungin Shoal,
02:14the Philippines claims that it follows international law
02:18and that it will continue to send food and water to the Filipino soldiers
02:23who are destined for the BRT Shiarmadre.
02:44.
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