00:00The Chinese Coast Guard was able to stop the Chinese soldiers from resupplying the BRP Sierra Madre
00:10or the old ship docked at Mayayungin Shoal that serves as an outpost for the Filipino soldiers.
00:17The Chinese Coast Guard even blocked the inflatable boat of the Filipino soldiers.
00:30The Chinese Coast Guard was able to stop the Chinese soldiers from resupplying the BRP Sierra Madre
00:35or the old ship docked at Mayayungin Shoal that serves as an outpost for the Filipino soldiers.
01:00The Chinese Coast Guard was able to stop the Chinese soldiers from resupplying the BRP Sierra Madre
01:08or the old ship docked at Mayayungin Shoal that serves as an outpost for the Filipino soldiers.
01:16The Chinese Coast Guard was able to stop the Chinese soldiers from resupplying the BRP Sierra Madre
01:29or the old ship docked at Mayayungin Shoal that serves as an outpost for the Filipino soldiers.
01:46On May 19, the Chinese Coast Guard continued to harass the Filipino soldiers.
02:03In this video, you can see the Chinese Coast Guard docking a rubber boat of the Philippine Coast Guard
02:10in the middle of a medical evacuation mission.
02:14A soldier who has a BRP Sierra Madre disease needs to respond.
02:22The Chinese Coast Guard also conducted a dangerous maneuver
02:25in the middle of a medical evacuation mission to the Filipino soldiers.
02:33This Monday, June 17, while the Armed Forces of the Philippines or AFP
02:38docked at Mayayungin Shoal for the soldiers destined for the BRP Sierra Madre
02:43120 nautical miles away from Zambales,
02:47entered the 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone or EEZ of the Philippines.
02:54The Chinese Coast Guard became aggressive.
02:58They blocked and stopped the inflatable boats of the Philippines
03:02and issued strikes.
03:12You can also hear the noise of their siren that disturbs the communication of our soldiers.
03:20While another inflatable boat was ridden by another Filipino soldier,
03:23the Chinese Coast Guard also launched tear gas.
03:28And in one video, you can see that the Chinese Coast Guard
03:32also strengthened and pierced the inflatable boat of the Filipino soldiers.
03:40In this satellite footage, you can see how the Chinese Coast Guard
03:45pierced the Philippine coaster.
03:58Seven Filipino soldiers were injured, including one soldier
04:01whose finger was cut in the middle of the encounter.
04:09Before the tension ended, the Chinese Coast Guard
04:12captured the inflatable boat of the Philippines.
04:17After the incident, AFP released the footage
04:21captured by the Filipino soldiers.
04:24You can see a cell phone and windshield communications
04:27and navigational equipment that was deliberately destroyed by the Chinese Coast Guard
04:32after the force hit the RHIB of the Filipino soldiers.
04:37An inflatable boat was also pierced.
04:40They are like pirates in their actions.
04:44They want to be abided by the rules,
04:46guided by the rules of engagement.
04:48Their approach is above board.
04:49I call them a band of barbarians.
04:52In the first place, they have no right to wear the uniform.
04:55Coast Guardsmen are supposed to be responsible for the safety of life at sea.
04:59Their actions endanger life at sea.
05:02Other than that, we should now be very careful in looking at
05:05what China is doing in the West Philippine Sea
05:07because it can also be done to them.
05:09If not, it's already being done.
05:12In the statement issued by China,
05:14the Philippines was the one who pierced the Chinese ships
05:17while bringing building materials and weapons to Ayungin Shoal.
05:21China also ordered the Philippine soldiers to pour water and throw stones at them
05:27as a reason for increasing tensions and putting them in danger.
05:35It was only on May 19 that the Philippine Army airdropped food supplies
05:39for the soldiers stationed at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal.
05:44Airdropping is the only way to deliver food and other important supplies
05:50to the soldiers assigned here.
05:55But when some of the food supplies fell into the sea,
05:58some rubber boats of the China Coast Guard rushed to steal it.
06:11Two rubber boats of the Philippines and two bigger rubber boats of China rushed to steal it.
06:21When food and supplies were seen inside the packages sent to BRP Sierra Madre,
06:29the China Coast Guard threw the packages into the sea.
06:35The AFP also recovered some of the items being delivered
06:39but most of them sank and were no longer useful.
06:50Is it sinking, sir?
06:52Don't do it! Don't do it!
06:55They were trespassing into our exclusive economic zone.
06:59They interfered in a legal operational resupply mission.
07:03Their narrative is that they do the blocking because of construction materials.
07:08They have zero common sense.
07:11According to the Armed Forces of the Philippines, AFP,
07:13the China Coast Guard was the first to approach BRP Sierra Madre.
07:18And there is no truth to the information being spread by China
07:22that the Philippine soldiers pointed guns at their Coast Guard.
07:27They just went out just to get ready in case something happens.
07:31Because it was too close.
07:33They did a paratrap.
07:34It was not just the supplies that the China Coast Guard was after.
07:45Stop! Stop!
07:49We're going to minibank.
07:51We have a sick person on that boat.
07:55The China Coast Guard blocked and intercepted
07:57the Bridget Hall inflatable boat of the Philippine Navy
08:00that was conducting a medical evacuation for a soldier on duty
08:04at BRP Sierra Madre who was sick.
08:09According to the Philippine Coast Guard,
08:10China made an excessive deployment
08:13when it released two Coast Guard vessels,
08:16two small boats and two rubber boats
08:20against an inflatable boat of the Philippine Navy.
08:25Because of the incident,
08:26the next day, a sick soldier was brought to the hospital in Palawan.
08:34If there was an incident that ended up killing a Filipino serviceman,
08:41that would certainly increase the level of response.
08:46And if a Filipino citizen is killed by a willful act,
08:50that is what we define as an act of war.
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