Manila slams 'dangerous' acts by China

by Franco Jose C. Baroña - Javier Joe Ismael - Agence France-Presse

Aug 25, 2024 12:15 am

(UPDATES) MANILA on Saturday urged Beijing to 'immediately cease all provocative and dangerous actions that threaten the safety of Philippine vessels and aircraft ... within Philippine territory,' accusing China of firing flares at one of its planes as it flew patrols over the South China Sea this month.

'Such actions undermine regional peace and security and further erode the image of the PRC (People's Republic of China) with the international community,' the Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said in a statement.

This screengrab from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) handout video taken on August 19, 2024, and received on August 24, 2024, shows a Chinese air force fighter jet deploying flares near a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) plane that was conducting a maritime domain awareness flight near China-controlled Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP

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