00:00In the meantime, the Philippine Navy is urging caution against downplaying China's continuous harassment in the West Philippine Sea.
00:08This despite the operation of Chinese Coast Guard rescuing the Filipino crew from the sunken MV Devon Bay cargo vessel near Scarborough Shoal last week.
00:18Philippine Navy spokesperson for WPS, Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad, acknowledged the Humanitarian Act,
00:25stating it is expected from any mariner around the world to render assistance to fellow mariners.
00:32However, he cautioned that highlighting the rescue could lose the essence of the rescue itself,
00:37and it may even go to mere propaganda given China's past record of coercive and aggressive actions.
00:44The statement comes after the recent two-day 11th Maritime Cooperative Activity conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines
00:51and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command near Baho di Masinlok.
00:55where a Chiang Kai-2-class frigate from China's People's Liberation Army Navy was sighted during the exercise,
01:02although it did not impede the activity.
01:05The activity is part of the Philippines' effort to assert its rights in the WPS
01:10and uphold a rules-based international order with its allied nations.
01:15We report as part of the transparency initiative of the government what we monitor in the West Philippine Sea.
01:26Numbers do not lie. The facts on the ground do not lie.
01:30We don't invent numbers. We have videos for this to supplement all our reports.
01:37Hence, we leave it up to the Filipino people to be the judge.
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