00:00Not only did they build a big house and a long runway,
00:04they also built a military base in China, the Mischief Reef, in the West Philippine Sea.
00:10Jimmy Integrated News saw that together with the B-Far airplane
00:14that was making a maritime patrol, but was fired by China's flare.
00:19Joseph Moro was on the scene.
00:21In the maritime patrol of the Philippine Coast Guard at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in B-Far in Ayungin, Chul,
00:31almost no one was guarding the forces of China in the BRP Sierra Madre.
00:36The situation there was calm.
00:38It was far from what happened on June 17, when the Philippine forces reached the China Coast Guard.
00:48But in its northernmost part, in Pagasa Island,
00:52which is surrounded by the municipality of Palawan,
00:54the Chinese maritime militia vessels were firing at the island's coast.
00:59Some of them were still there and almost no one left.
01:02The Subi Reef, or what we call the Samora Reef, is only a few minutes away from Pagasa.
01:08It was occupied by China in 1988.
01:11It's a far-sighted and big facility there.
01:14It's like we're getting closer to a city.
01:16It also has a long runway.
01:18You'd think there were no people there until we got closer.
01:21There were flares coming from a house.
01:30In the southernmost part of Panata Island, you can see the Panganiban or Mischief Reef.
01:36If there's a mirror of how strong China's forces are in the territories of the West Philippine Sea,
01:42this is it.
01:43In 1995, China first occupied the area to build a fisherman's shelter.
01:48But now, condominium units are growing there.
01:53Military equipment like radars and long runways.
01:56There are also countless militia vessels there.
02:00We're here in front of the Mischief Reef.
02:02This is where China's military base is being built.
02:05This is where they take off when they send boats that they block.
02:11This is where they take off when they send boats that they block.
02:15As you can see, the Chinese maritime militia vessels are lined up in a row.
02:21They're just standing by.
02:22If they need to block, they'll be here.
02:26For so many occasions, China's government denied that they're building a military base here.
02:31In Escoda Shoal, BRP Teresa Magbanwa is watching closely.
02:35She went there after hearing that China is making a complaint.
02:39The situation there is like both a warning and a disaster.
02:43We don't want to give an opportunity for China to do this kind of activities again
02:48within our own exclusive economic zone.
02:50China is still panicking.
02:53For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong,
02:56Nakatutok 24 Horas.
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