Video belies PCG Tarriela and NSC Malaya's claims about collision

HERE we go again, with the officials of the National Security Council and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) — claiming to be speaking for the entire Philippine government — blaming China for "aggression" and "bullying' in the disputed Spratly Islands. Commo. Jay Tarriela of the PCG claimed a China Coast Guard vessel at around 3 a.m. on Aug 19 undertook "dangerous maneuvers that resulted in a collision that caused structural damage to two PCG vessels."

This time, though, a video clip taken by the China Coast Guard incontrovertibly showed who was to blame for the two collisions near Sabina (Escoda) Shoal. Tarriela, as he has so many times before on the South China Sea disputes, is again lying.