The AFP described as provocative the recent laser attack of the Chinese coast guard against the PCG. | JEMendozaINQ
The Chinese ship then crossed the bow of the PCG ship at a distance of 7.4 km , as if to warn BRP Malapascua to stop or alter course, followed by “dangerous maneuvers,” with CCG 5205 a close distance of about 150 yards from the starboard quarter of the Philippine vessel before the Chinese ship shone its laser.The PCG said the Chinese action is a “blatant disregard” of the country’s sovereignty.
“The deliberate blocking of the Philippine government ships to deliver food and supplies to our military personnel on board the BRP Sierra Madre is a blatant disregard for, and a clear violation of, Philippine sovereign rights in this part of the West Philippine Sea,” the PCG said in a statement on Monday.
The Philippines, under the administration of the late President Benigno Aquino III in 2013, challenged in the Hague court China’s claim that it owned more than 80 percent of the South China Sea, which included waters in the EEZ of Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
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