00:00The Philippines has called on China to remove its monster ship from the country's Exclusive Economic Zone.
00:09Two Philippine Coast Guard vessels are now sailing here.
00:13Chino Gaston is on the scene.
00:19As of this time, we have two Coast Guard vessels pushing the China Coast Guard 5901
00:27to move further away from the coast of Zambales.
00:31BRP Teresa Magbanua, made in Japan, and BRP Gabriela Silang, made in France,
00:36will join the CCG 5901, or the so-called monster ship of the China Coast Guard.
00:42The third deployment of the monster ship in the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone
00:46and the last one to pass has a distance of 77 nautical miles from Capones Island in Zambales.
00:52The National Maritime Council already called for the withdrawal of this monster ship from Philippine waters.
01:00The National Security Council believes that the mission of the monster ship is a threat.
01:05If the objective is to intimidate our fishermen, then this increases the resolve of the Philippine government
01:11to continue supporting our fishermen.
01:13The Foreign Ministry of China said that the Philippines should stop the so-called malicious accusation
01:19because their allegations are anchored in the history of science and law.
01:23Even though the Arbitral Tribunal of 2016 said that there is no basis for the accusation of China in almost the entire South China Sea,
01:31the Philippine Navy is ready to make China a target that may return to the war.
01:38Among those, or the so-called red line,
01:42is the claim of Baho Dimas Inlok for the forced withdrawal of the BRP Sierra Madre
01:47in Iungin Shoal, the extraction of oil from the EEZ that the Philippines has not yet stopped,
01:52and the cessation of resupply missions to military outposts in the West Philippine Sea.
01:58Meanwhile, the capabilities of some of the five underwater drones obtained in the EEZ of the country
02:04particularly in Ilocos Region, Kalayaan Island Group, Misamis Oriental, and in Maymasbate have been examined.
02:11However, it is not publicly known which country these were obtained from.
02:15These are designed to gather mathematic data, specifically depth, salinity, oxygen level, temperature of the water.
02:25This information will have commercial value, it will have academic value,
02:31it could also have, with the crisscrossing of information right now, it could also have military purposes and applications.
02:38For GMA Integrated News, Chino Gaston, 24 Hours.
02:45For GMA Integrated News, Chino Gaston, 24 Hours.
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