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00:00China organized a combat patrol on the sea and coast of the Panatag-Oscar Boroshoal
00:07according to their Southern Theater Command.
00:09The China Coast Guard also docked the B-4 ship for its patrol in the West Philippine Sea.
00:16Raffi Tima witnessed it.
00:21From Eskoda Shoal to the Lawak and Patag Islands,
00:24to the Aroco Reef and Recto Bank where the B-4 was given to the Filipino fishermen,
00:30the China Coast Guard followed the B-4's patrol.
00:35A few hundred meters away, the CCG vessel approached the Philippine ship
00:39so that the Philippine ship could capture video and photos.
00:43Until the B-4 left the ship, the CCG ship still followed it
00:46even though it was going back to the direction where it was based.
00:50The B-4 was heavily damaged so the radio challenge was issued to the foreign vessel.
00:56In accordance with the international and Philippine national laws,
01:00you are within the Philippine AEC and Philippine mainland.
01:03You are conducting illegal activity under Philippine laws.
01:07All the mentioned places are in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
01:11Even though Patag is small, one of the smallest islands occupied by the Philippines
01:16here in the West Philippine Sea,
01:18such structures are important to the country
01:22that this part of the sea near the Palawan is part of the territory of the Philippines.
01:28According to the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army of China,
01:32they organized a combat patrol in the sea
01:34and intercepted the Scarborough or Patag Shoal which is also inside the Philippine AEC.
01:39The troops of China will try their best in reconnaissance, rapid deployment, and joint strikes.
01:45China is also monitoring all the foreign military activity
01:48that will cause chaos or tension in the region.
01:51China is not a designated country.
01:53According to the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
01:55there is no indication of Chinese military activity in the Shoal
01:59according to the initial reports.
02:01Aside from their illegal occupation as the Chinese Maritime Militia,
02:04the latest monitored training of the troops of China
02:08happened outside the Philippine AEC from July 31 to August 2.
02:12But the AFP confirmed that three Chinese Navy vessels
02:15were involved in the multilateral maritime cooperative activity of the Philippines,
02:19Australia, Canada, and America.
02:22The training will last until tomorrow.
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