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PH says Chinese coast guard seized guns from boarded navy boats
By Agence France-Presse
Jun 19, 2024 2:07 pm

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine military said Wednesday that the Chinese Coast guard seized guns from Filipino navy boats it boarded in the South China Sea this week.

'They got some (guns),' Rear Admiral Alfonso Torres told reporters, adding the firearms had been stored in the boats crewed by Filipino sailors, who were under orders not to display their weapons in Monday's confrontation off Second Thomas Shoal.

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