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Transcript
00:00 The Philippine Coast Guard has now removed the floating barriers of China
00:03 that were blocked at the entrance of Bajo de Macinloc in the West Philippine Sea.
00:07 The China Coast Guard placed the buoy to stop the Filipinos
00:12 from fishing in Bajo de Macinloc, which is inside our exclusive economic zone.
00:18 Raffi Pima has a report.
00:20 This boat of a Filipino fisherman is not compatible with the rubber boats of the China Coast Guard
00:28 to enter Bajo de Macinloc, which we also call Panatagshol or Scarborough Shoal.
00:34 At one point, the boat of the fisherman and CCG almost got close.
00:38 Bajo de Macinloc is inside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines
00:42 and it is part of the West Philippine Sea.
00:44 It is said that the fish is rich in rubber,
00:47 but it is guarded by the China Coast Guard.
00:49 Aren't you afraid?
00:51 I'm not afraid.
00:52 They are laughing at me.
00:53 They are circling me.
00:55 Aside from the patenter, the floating barriers of China also placed to mark the scum.
01:00 The mud is very thick and it is tied to these buoys.
01:04 And there is a net underneath.
01:07 And the weight of the end of the buoy is chains, steel.
01:13 This is what is blocking the entrance of Bajo de Macinloc to the one and only lagusan.
01:19 The Philippine Coast Guard said that the Chinese placed the buoys.
01:23 They are using floating barrier
01:27 to block the Filipino fishermen from entering the shoal.
01:32 Tonight, the Coast Guard confirmed that the barrier was cut
01:36 under the order of President Bongbong Marcos.
01:39 The Department of Justice did not see any problem in removing the barriers.
01:43 It's a violation of our right to exclusive economic zone.
01:47 That is an interference in our activities.
01:49 In addition to the Foreign Affairs Department, the International Law
01:52 also put the Chinese to place floating barriers in Bajo de Macinloc.
01:56 Even the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of BIFAR
01:59 of BRP Dato Bangkaw, was blocked and China is monitoring it.
02:03 While BIFAR was approaching Bajo de Macinloc,
02:05 another boat of the China Coast Guard also joined.
02:08 The BIFAR airplane also arrived at the scene to alert
02:11 and monitor the approach of BRP Dato Bangkaw to the shoal.
02:14 And in the midst of the tension,
02:16 the mother ship of the Filipino fishermen
02:18 in the boat of the China Coast Guard and BRP Dato Bangkaw,
02:21 with the help of which, the BIFAR entered
02:23 and anchored 300 meters away from the shoal
02:27 to give diesel to the fishermen.
02:30 China has not yet allowed the Coast Guard to leave their floating barriers.
02:34 But China Foreign Ministry called for trespassing
02:38 or to block the entry of the BIFAR boat.
02:41 China Coast Guard only made the unnecessary measure
02:44 to stop and to move the BIFAR boat away from the shoal
02:47 that is in accordance with the law.
02:49 Rafi Pima reporting for GMA Integrated News.
02:57 [Music]

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