MANILA: On Tuesday ( Jun 4), the Philippine military reported that Chinese ships had illegally” sealed” food and medicine from a South China Sea outpost.
The alleged incident took place on May 19 at Minute Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, where Filipino troops are stationed to defend Manila’s says to the waters from a grounded military ship.
Beijing claims about the whole South China Sea, and there have been numerous clashes between Chinese and Philippine vessels close to disputed reefs, frequently during Philippine supplies missions to Second Thomas Shoal.
When two Taiwanese rigid-hulled inflatable boats reportedly came within 10 meters of the Sierra Madre warship and seized an airdropped bundle intended for Asian troops, the Asian martial accused China of “aggressive and unjustified interference.”
It was the first day supplies had been seized, the government said.
General Romeo Brawner, the military’s chief general, told writers,” This activity of getting or seizing our products is illegal.”
” You’re hardly supposed to remove the resources of another country, perhaps in battle”.