00:00More than 80 Chinese militia vessels were spotted near Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea, but the AFP said it's not in the hands of the Chinese militia.
00:11Chino Gaston was the one who pointed it out.
00:16In a social media post, security analyst Ray Powell stated that there are more than 80 Chinese maritime militia vessels near Pagasa Island this Tuesday.
00:26This was confirmed by the residents of the island.
00:29According to the source of GMA News, there were no Chinese vessels last week, but they returned yesterday.
00:36The AFP confirmed the sudden increase of Chinese vessels near Pagasa, but it's not a reason for the AFP to be in charge.
00:45It's possible that the ships came from the nearby artificial island of Subi Reef because it was hit by two typhoons in the country.
00:54It happened in a particular place at a particular time.
00:57So it's nothing to be alarmed because as we said, all over the South China Sea, there could be as many as 250 of these maritime militia vessels.
01:06On the other hand, the AFP said that the morale of the soldiers guarding the maritime outposts in BRP Sierra Madre, Pagasa Island and others is still high.
01:17We will keep performing our mandate, our duty of ensuring the integrity of the national territory without fanfare.
01:25We asked the Chinese Embassy for clarification on the reason for the large number of Chinese vessels.
01:32For GMA Integrated News, Chino Gaston, 24 Hours.
01:47For GMA Integrated News, Chino Gaston, 24 Hours.
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