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00:00 The Chinese ships were surrounded by the BRP Theresa Magbanwa
00:05 who is guarding the Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
00:08 Amid the harassment of the Chinese ships by the Philippine ships,
00:11 the Defense Minister of China heard about a country
00:15 that is in a hurry to negotiate for peace in the South China Sea.
00:19 This is the news of Ma'am Gonzalez.
00:21 A country in the South China Sea
00:25 was repeatedly assigned by the Minister of National Defense of China
00:29 to the IISS Defense Summit in Singapore.
00:32 She said that it is "a joke" and is making up stories
00:36 that are affecting the stability of the region.
00:39 On behaviors of fabricating historic facts,
00:43 spreading false narratives,
00:46 attempting to enforce the illegal arbitration award
00:50 and confusing right with wrong,
00:52 a certain country, emboldened by outside powers,
00:57 has broken bilateral agreements and its own promises,
01:01 made premeditated provocations
01:04 and created false scenarios to mislead the public.
01:09 China is holding back on its actions.
01:12 She also said that countries in the Asia-Pacific region
01:33 can solve our problems and China is ready to help.
01:37 The country's Admiral Dong Jun has no worries.
01:40 But China and the Philippines are now hotly engaged
01:44 in the territories of the West Philippine Sea.
01:46 China does not recognize the 2016 arbitral ruling
01:50 that would remove the visa of the 9-line claim of China
01:53 in almost the entire South China Sea.
01:55 The Philippines' ships have been harassed by China several times
02:02 inside our exclusive economic zone.
02:05 While the defense summit is underway,
02:07 the Chinese vessels are continuing to increase
02:10 in Sabina or Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
02:12 In the monitoring of the sea light,
02:14 there is one China Coast Guard and two Chinese maritime militia vessel
02:18 that are circling the BRP Teresa Magbanua of the Philippine Coast Guard.
02:22 In the past few days, the Chinese vessels have gotten closer.
02:26 They seem to be interested in what it's doing there
02:30 and trying to intimidate it.
02:31 Sabina Shoal is really the closest shoal to Palawan.
02:35 So for China to kind of take an opportunity to try to lay ownership to it,
02:41 it is alarming.
02:43 The BRP Teresa Magbanua was sent by the PCG
02:48 to investigate the alleged construction of artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea
02:53 by destroying coral reefs.
02:57 For Sea Light Director Ray Powell, it's a good sign that the ships are destined there,
03:02 especially since the Chinese ships are increasing in Sabina Shoal.
03:05 Recently, the Philippines was investigating Sabina Shoal
03:10 and believes that it has found some coral
03:13 that appears to have been dumped there as perhaps a prelude
03:16 to some early island building kind of activity.
03:20 I don't know if that's true, but whatever it is that they're up to,
03:24 they clearly don't like the idea that Teresa Magbanua is there watching them.
03:28 Mav Gonzalez reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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