00:00The Philippines says small wooden boats from Chinese maritime militia ships dumped cyanide in waters close to the BRP Sierra
00:06Madre based on samples from at least two confirmed incidents.
00:10In a joint press conference of the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Navy, and the
00:15National Bureau of Investigation,
00:17National Security Council Assistant Director General Cornelia Valencia Jr. says,
00:21The yellow bottles ceased from the sampans contain cyanide, a highly toxic chemical known to cause severe and irreversible damage
00:36to humans and marine ecosystems.
00:39Valencia adds the alleged use of cyanide in dangerous soldiers stationed in the Sierra Madre several ways.
00:45It threatens their well-being, depleting the fish population in Ayungan Shoal and threatening the integrity of the reef upon
00:51which the Sierra Madre stands.
00:53Philippine officials say the amount of cyanide that the NBI tested was more than enough to cause harm to people
00:58if ingested.
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