Philippines weighs options to strengthen hold on disputed shoal FMTNews FMTWorld
Japan, France, South Korea, and the US have expressed concern regarding the utilisation of a water cannon against Philippine resupply boats.
The Philippines intentionally grounded the World War Two-era warship Sierra Madre in 1999 as part of its sovereignty claim to the Second Thomas Shoal, which lies within its exclusive economic zone, and rotates a handful of troops through the ship. “It is our prayer that there will be no water cannon incident, there will be less aggressive reception from the other side especially because of the international attention that this incident has generated,” he said.
“We were hit by the water cannon. The food supplies we were carrying like rice, vegetable and meat were drenched,” said navy officer Ramsey Gutierrez, contradicting video footage China released showing otherwise.
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