MANILA: The coast guards of China and the Philippines gave conflicting versions on Wednesday (Dec 4) of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest row in a longstanding dispute between the neighbours.
This frame grab from handout video footage taken and released on Dec 4, 2024 shows a China Coast Guard ship and the Phillipine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources vessel BRP Datu Pagbuaya near Scarborough Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. /AFP)MANILA: The coast guards of China and the Philippines gave conflicting versions on Wednesday of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest row in a longstanding dispute between the neighbours.
In a further statement, Liu added that one of the Philippine ships"ignored" repeated warnings, with actions that"seriously threatened" the safety of a Chinese coast guard vessel. A Chinese coast guard vessel fired a water cannon and sideswiped a PCG vessel, while Philippine vessels faced"blocking, shadowing, and dangerous manoeuvres" from Chinese navy and coastguard ships, a PCG spokesperson said.Manila and Beijing have sparred at sea this past year, as Beijing claims almost all of the South China Sea, which has angered neighbouring countries that dispute some boundaries they say cut into their exclusive economic zones.
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