China ships harass PH medical mission

by Franco Jose C. Baroña - Bernadette E. Tamayo - Agence France-Presse

Jun 08, 2024 12:18 am

THE China Coast Guard (CCG) tried to block the medical evacuation of a soldier stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre on Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.

Videos of the incident, which happened last May 19, were released by the PCG on Friday.

This handout photo grabbed from a video released by the Philippine Coast Guard on June 7, 2024 shows Chinese Coast Guard personnel aboard their rigid inflatable boat, blocking a Philippine Coast Guard rigid inflatable boat (back) carrying marine scientists in the waters of the South China Sea. The Philippine Coast Guard said on June 7, that Chinese boats harassed their vessel during a medical evacuation last month of a Filipino soldier, who was stationed on a remote outpost in the South China Sea. Mahmoud RIZK / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP

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