Filipino sailors hold the line at flashpoint Sabina Shoal

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 30, 2024 12:04 am

(UPDATES) SAILORS aboard two Philippine Coast Guard boats crashed through South China Sea waves, shadowed by Chinese vessels, as they attempted to bring desperately needed supplies to colleagues holed up on a ship inside a remote ring of reefs.

The coast guard's BRP Teresa Magbanua has been anchored inside Sabina Shoal since April to assert Manila's claims to the area off its coast and prevent China from seizing it.

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