Chinese warship crashes into own coast guard vessel while chasing Philippines boat in South China Sea | South China Sea
A Chinese warship collided with a ship from his own coastal security guard while chasing a Philippine patrol boat in the South China Sea on Monday.
Coast Guard Spokesman Commodore Jay Tarriela, Philipinian Coast Guard accompanied the ships that distribute aid to the fishermen in the region, the incident occurred near Scarborough Shoal discussed.
The video, published by Manila, showed a much larger ship with a Chinese coast guard vessel and a high collision after a high collision.
Additional images and photographs, which were later published by the Philippine Coast Guard, showed that the tight Chinese ship is still standing, but all the springs were wrinkled.
” [China Coast Guard vessel] CCG 3104, [Filipino coast guard vessel] BRP Soluan at high speed, [Philippine] Vessel’s Sancak quarter [People’s Liberation Army] Navy warship, Tarriella said in a statement.
“This resulted in significant damage to the CCG ship’s estimation and made it flameless.”
In a statement of Tarriela, at the beginning of the confrontation, BRP Suluan said that the Chinese were “targeted by a water ball” but escaped “successfully”.
In a later press briefing, Tarriella said that the crew members on the smaller Chinese ship appeared in the front section just before the collision. “We are not sure that they can save the staff before the collision before the collision. But we hope that these staff will be in good condition,” he said.
Tarriela said that the Chinese crew “never answers” the Philippine’s assistance offer.
A Chinese Coast Guard Spokesman Gan Yu confirmed that a conflict took place without mentioning the collision.
“China took the necessary measures in accordance with the laws such as coastal security, monitoring, external printing, preventing and controlling the Philippine ships,” he said.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry did not approve or refuse the collision when asked.
The event on Monday is the last of a series of conflicts between the Philippines in the China and the South China Sea, which is almost completely claimed that Beijing is not a legal basis for the claim.
More than 60% of global maritime trade passes through controversial waterway.
Speaking at a press conference, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said the country’s patrol ships will continue to exist in the region to defend and that Manila’s sovereign rights were a part of their territory.
Scarborough Shoal, a triangular reef and chain of rocks, has been a glare point between countries since China seized it from the Philippines in 2012.
