Philippines and china trade accusations over scs collision
MANILA: A Philippine boat and a Chinese coast guard ship collided near a hotly contested reef on Sunday, with both countries trading blame for the latest such confrontation in the disputed South China Sea. The incident happened during a Philippine resupply mission to a tiny garrison on Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, which is a flashpoint for Manila and Beijing.It comes a day after the Philippines accused the Chinese coast guard of using water cannons to ‘obstruct’ three government boats delivering provisions to Filipino fishermen near Scarborough Shoaloff the main island of Luzon.
The Philippines said China ‘harassed, blocked, and executed dangerous manoeuvres on Philippine civilian supply vessels’. One of its two boats was ‘rammed’ by a Chinese coast guard ship, and a Chinese ship also used water cannons which caused ‘severe damage’ to the engine of one of the supply boats and damaged the mast of the coast guard vessel.
The China coast guard, however, accused the Philippine boat of ‘deliberately colliding’ with its the Chinese vessel, after ‘disregarding our multiple stern warnings’. The Philippine boat ‘changed direction suddenly in an unprofessional, dangerous manner, deliberately colliding with our coast guard vessel 21556, which was on a normal law enforcement route, and caused a scrape,’ it said in a statement. AFP
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