The coast guard of China was accused by the Philippines of installing a ‘floating barrier’ in the South China Sea's disputed area. The Philippines said that the floating barrier has prevented the Filipinos from entering the area and fishing. Coast guard spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela took to X to express his opinion regarding the installation. He said that the coast guard of Manila and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources strongly condemned the installation of the barrier by China in a part of the Scarborough Shoal.
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00:00 The Coast Guard of China was accused by the Philippines of installing a floating barrier
00:07 in the South China Sea's disputed area.
00:11 The Philippines said that the floating barrier has prevented the Filipinos from entering
00:15 the area and fishing.
00:17 Coast Guard spokesperson Commodore Jay Teriella took to X to express his opinion regarding
00:23 the installation.
00:24 He said that the Coast Guard of Malina and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
00:30 strongly condemned the installation of the barrier by China in a part of the Skabura
00:35 Shoal.
00:36 He said that the fishermen from the shoal are being blocked by the barrier and have
00:41 been deprived of carrying out fishing and other livelihood activities.
00:47 His statement on X read, "The Philippine Coast Guard and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
00:52 Resources strongly condemn the China Coast Guard's installation of a floating barrier
00:57 in the southeast portion of Bahode Masinlog, which prevents Filipino fishing boats from
01:02 entering the shoal and depriving them of their fishing and livelihood activities."
01:07 The spokesperson also posted photos of the alleged floating barrier.
01:12 He stated that the floating barrier was installed by three Chinese Coast Guard boats and a Chinese
01:17 maritime militia service after the Philippine government vessel arrived in the area.
01:22 Earlier this week, the Philippine Coast Guard shared footage in which vast patches of broken
01:27 and bleached coral were seen, after which China was accused by the official of causing
01:33 massive destruction in the area.
01:35 Speaking at a routine briefing about the coral destruction on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry
01:42 of China dismissed the allegation as "false and groundless".
01:47 Chinese spokesperson Mao Ning said, "We advise the Philippine authorities not to utilize
01:53 fabricated information to stage a political force."
01:57 As per the Filipino fishermen, Chinese vessels usually install floating barriers whenever
02:03 they monitor a large number of Filipino fishermen in the area.
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