There are no official reports from China and the mainstream media confirming that China Coast Guard ship 5202 was destroyed in the West Philippine Sea
Why we fact-checked this:
The Facebook video containing the claim has already garnered at least 586,000 views and 1,300 comments.Barko ng China Coast Guard wasak nang tamaan ng hindi pa na tutukoy na Sandata!Isang Chinese naval vessel na nagpapatrolya sa West Philippine Sea, iniulat na nawasak ng hindi pa nakikilalang armas kahapon.Using Yandex image search, Rappler found that the alleged photo of a destroyed Chinese vessel was an altered photo of two CCG vessels in Natuna Island, Indonesia, taken on January 11, 2020.
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