00:00The Philippine Coast Guard confirmed the latest incident of China's harassment of Filipino fishermen in Sabina Shoal.
00:07They also assured that it was not abandoned even though some fishermen said that there is no force of the PCG in the area.
00:14Joseph Moro was the one who pointed it out.
00:16The Philippine Coast Guard confirmed the harassment of the China Coast Guard
00:23to the Filipino fishermen who were supposed to enter Sabina Shoal or Escoda Shoal this October.
00:29According to the affidavit of the fishermen in the Coast Guard on October 8,
00:35when they left Quezon, Palawan to go to Escoda,
00:39when October 9 arrived early in the morning,
00:41they were attacked by the China Coast Guard Vessel 4108
00:45and their ship was approached.
00:47They were also hit by a speedboat.
00:49They were panicking, the China Coast Guard, so they got scared and changed their direction.
00:55So that the expense of sailing near Iroquois Reef or Rosul Reef would not be wasted,
00:59they sailed from October 10.
01:01On October 17, they were attacked again when they went to Sabina Shoal.
01:05But on the way, they saw a ship of the Chinese Navy.
01:10Near Sabina Shoal, they were approached by the China Coast Guard.
01:14The fishermen believed it, so they got scared and returned to Quezon, Palawan.
01:18The PCG was responsible for the incident.
01:21Sabina Shoal or Escoda Shoal falls within our own exclusive economic zone.
01:26There's no reason for the Chinese Coast Guard to claim that the Filipino fishermen have no right to enter here.
01:34According to the fishermen, the Philippine Coast Guard has no force in the area.
01:38But when the PCG was attacked, China has no control there and it was not targeted to China.
01:44The PCG did not say if they deployed a ship in Sabina Shoal.
01:49We didn't abandon our Escoda Shoal.
01:52Our Coast Guard vessels are still able to pass through here.
01:57The entire West Philippine Sea is a very vast waters.
02:01There is a possibility that our Coast Guard vessels are in Gawinang Pag-asa or in Lawa or in Alicas.
02:11According to the Philippine Navy, throughout the month of October,
02:1415 ships of the China Coast Guard and 14 ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
02:20passed through the occupied features of the Philippines,
02:23such as Bajo Dumasinloc, Sabina Shoal, Julian Felipe Reef and Iroquois Reef.
02:28Despite that, the AFP assured that they are alerted and ready to protect the security and rights of the Filipinos,
02:35not only in the West Philippine Sea, but in the entire Philippines.
02:38For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong.
02:42NAKA TUTOK 24 HORAS.
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