SENATE President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada accused China of gaslighting on the issue of its coast guard blocking the evacuation of sick Filipino soldiers stationed at Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal).

'Gaslighting. That seems to be the latest tactic China appeared to have employed to divert public attention to the fact that they have. It has been caught on video, harassing our troops as they tried to intercept the supply packages airdropped by a military aircraft for those stationed in the BRP Sierra Madre,' said the chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Defense.