AFP, hindi hahayaang maulit ang pangha-harass ng China sa gitna ng resupply mission ng bansa sa WPS

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00:00The Armed Forces of the Philippines has already written to China to return the 7 weapons that the Chinese Coast Guard took

00:07during their last visit to the Filipino soldiers at the Ayungin show on June 17.

00:12Because of what happened, the AFP asked for damages from China.

00:17Meanwhile, the AFP reached out to Senator Aimee Marcos to clarify the received report

00:24that the hypersonic missiles of China are already in the Philippines.

00:29Ryan Lesigues has the details.

00:59The Armed Forces of the Philippines, or AFP, is following China's continued aggression in the West Philippine Sea.

01:06At the same time, the AFP has declared that there will be no change in their rotation and resupply operations, or RORE,

01:15at the Ayungin show despite the severe harassment committed by the Chinese Coast Guard

01:19during the RORE operation on June 17, where a soldier was cut off his finger.

01:25I don't think there will be much change on our part because we are following the international laws.

01:34That's what we will do. There will be no change even if they say we will de-escalate because we are following.

01:43For example, what we did on June 17, it was a normal military operation.

01:53We didn't bring any weapons. In fact, the guns were encased because we were not there to escalate the tensions.

02:03We were not there to look for conflict.

02:07So, it's almost the same. We will just continue our operations.

02:13In addition to the harassment of the CCG on June 17,

02:16the AFP has written to China to order them to return their weapons.

02:23Aside from this, the AFP is also paying the damages left by their harassment on June 17.

02:31This is different from the damage to a soldier who was cut off his finger.

02:34In my letter, I demanded the return of seven firearms.

02:40Those firearms were taken by the Chinese Coast Guard.

02:44Those firearms were in a box.

02:48So, they just seized the seven rifles and destroyed our equipment.

02:56When we estimated the cost of the damage, it's 60 million pesos.

03:03Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of the Philippines urged the public not to panic and remain calm.

03:09According to the report, China is planning to use hypersonic missiles against military bases

03:17under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement or EDCA of the Philippines and the United States.

03:22According to the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Chief of Staff, General Romeo Bronner, Jr.,

03:27they will consult with Senator Aimee Marcos and other information related to the Chinese missiles in the Philippines.

03:36The AFP is also taking this matter seriously.

03:39That is why we are also preparing for those.

03:42One thing we can do is we harden our facilities.

03:49We protect our facilities from possible missile attacks.

03:53We have different technologies that exist in order for us to protect ourselves from those kinds of attacks.

04:03These are the realities that we have to face, not just missile attacks, even drone attacks.

04:11The AFP held a first-semester command conference with President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.,

04:17including their discussion on the current threat that the country is facing.

04:22The AFP's accomplishments and plans to address the various threats that the country is facing were also discussed in the command conference.

04:32The AFP also laid down to President Marcos other options for the next RORE and other actions in the West Philippine Sea.

04:41Ryan Lizigas for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.