The Philippines and China on Monday (Aug 19) accused each other of ramming vessels and performing dangerous manoeuvres in the South China Sea, the latest flare-up after the two nations had agreed to try to ease tensions and manage disagreements at sea.
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00:00The Philippines and China on Monday accused each other of ramming vessels
00:04and performing dangerous manoeuvres in the South China Sea,
00:08the latest flare-up after the two nations had agreed to try to ease tensions at sea.
00:14China's Coast Guard said a Philippine vessel had ignored its repeated warnings
00:19and deliberately collided with a Chinese vessel.
00:23The Philippines disputed Beijing's account,
00:26saying that two of its Coast Guard vessels encountered unlawful and
00:30aggressive manoeuvres from Chinese vessels near Sabina Shoal.
00:34They said the incident happened while their vessels were on their way to supply
00:38Filipino personnel stationed in two occupied islands.
00:43Philippine National Security Council spokesman Jonathan Malaya
00:47said the collisions caused structural damage to the two Coast Guard vessels.
00:52He added that the Philippines' actions to assert its rights in the South China Sea
00:57are not provocative.
00:58The Philippines said a collision occurred between one of its vessel
01:02and a Chinese Coast Guard ship at around 3.24am on Monday.
01:08About 16 minutes later, another ship was rammed twice by a Chinese Coast Guard ship.
01:14They shared photos of the damaged vessels on the Port Auxiliary engine room
01:19and the side of the vessels.
01:21China's Coast Guard posted a short video of the incident,
01:24showing the collision with one of their vessels.
01:27They said two Philippine Coast Guard vessels intruded into their waters without permission
01:33and the Philippines had repeatedly provoked and caused trouble,
01:37violating the temporary arrangements between China and the Philippines.
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