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00:00The Philippine ship was again harassed from the China Coast Guard inside our Exclusive Economic Zone.
00:06The China Coast Guard seized and bombed the BRP Datu Sandai of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
00:13Through China, the Philippines illegally entered the Escoda Shoal.
00:18It was investigated by the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea and said that China's actions are unprofessional and aggressive.
00:27Live from the West Philippine Sea, Ian Cruz has the first news. Ian.
00:34Igan, in these moments, we are continuing our exploration.
00:37We were on board the BRP Datu Sandai of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
00:43Just yesterday, Igan, the China Coast Guard seized and bombed it six times with militia vessels.
00:50The intense bombing of the water cannon lasted for almost 30 minutes.
00:56What's good about Igan is that all of the BRP Datu Sandai's crew members are safe,
01:02as well as the embedded media and the GMA Integrated News.
01:07Wow! It's so close! Stop it! Wow! What are you doing? Stop it!
01:23There it is. Our ship was hit again.
01:27It was blocked, surrounded, and repeatedly bombed by China Coast Guard vessels 21555 and 21551,
01:35the BRP Datu Sandai of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
01:40The Chinese militia vessels can also be seen around it.
01:44Until…
01:454103, Kapuso. Let's go inside for a while.
01:55The next ship that was bombed was the China Coast Guard 21555, which was bombed on 226 yesterday.
02:02It was continuously bombed by another CCG vessel.
02:06It happened 7 nautical miles near Escoda Shoal, where the BRP Teresa Magbanoa of the Philippine Coast Guard was stationed.
02:18The bombed Coast Guard ship hit the port side of the BRP Datu Sandai.
02:22Meanwhile, the BRP Datu Sandai retreated for the safety of its passengers, but only for a few moments.
02:32Kapuso, we thought it was over.
02:34That's the China Coast Guard 4102, which was also hit by water here in our port.
02:43The Chinese ship was also hit by a water cannon.
02:45We were forced to go inside the ship.
02:47At this point, all the ships around us were surrounded.
02:51Their ships repeatedly bombed.
02:55Even though we were inside the ship, we felt the strong impact of the water.
02:59At the same time of the bombing, the Coast Guard vessel 21555 hit our front and hit the bow of our ship.
03:08They are destroying our equipment.
03:10It's so strong.
03:22We were hit by a water cannon here on the left.
03:24Then, someone is blocking us.
03:26There, it hit again.
03:30Five.
03:32That's five ships.
03:34The China Coast Guard.
03:40The water cannon is so strong.
03:44It's really a ship.
03:50At one point, the China Coast Guard was blocking our navigation equipment from going up.
04:00We were really hit by the rain.
04:06It's so strong.
04:08They are destroying our hull.
04:10Did they hit us?
04:12They are destroying our navigational equipment.
04:18We don't know how long we will be able to dive.
04:24We lost our navigational equipment.
04:27All the CCGs and China Coast Guard vessels were hit by the water cannon.
04:35It's moving.
04:37It might break.
04:41We are here inside the bridge.
04:46We are here for a while because most of the China Coast Guard vessels were hit by the water cannon.
04:56The others are really closing in on us.
05:00We will be hit again.
05:02In my count, it will not be less than five.
05:04It's possible that if we lose this dive, our navigational aids will be lost.
05:15The China Coast Guard said that they are enforcing unilateral control measures after the illegal entry of a Philippine vessel, the Escoda Shoal.
05:23It's called Sian Bin Reef in China.
05:25China also said that they caught a Philippine vessel that fell into the sea.
05:29At the same time, it was reported in the Philippines that the unilateral infringement was stopped.
05:33But BFAR suspected it.
05:36Igan, to those who are asking what happened to this vessel,
05:44after six times of bombing and heavy bombing of the water cannon,
05:52the primary thing that was lost was our navigational equipment and communication equipment on the bow of this vessel.
06:03The provision area where the food was placed,
06:07the kisame, we saw that it fell due to the wrong placement of the boats.
06:13And the window in that area was also damaged.
06:17But somehow, it was fixed now.
06:19But in the outer area, the port side, we saw that there was a big dent there.
06:26In the railings below this vessel, there were also dents.
06:32So for now, we are the ones who will fix BFAR once we return to their home port.
06:42This is the first news from West Philippine Sea.
06:46Ian Cruz for GMA Integrated News.
06:50Igan, to those who mentioned that it was damaged,
06:56so your mission did not continue.
07:03Yes, Igan, our mission did not continue.
07:06We were hoping to get closer to the Escoda Shoal or the Sabina Shoal.
07:11It's a waste, Igan.
07:12Our distance is only seven nautical miles.
07:17But what really happened, Igan, from 10.30am to 2pm,
07:21we were already patrolling.
07:24At first, only three ships were meeting us.
07:27Until they became eight,
07:30including their navy and their Chinese militia vessel.
07:36But even so, of course, we have to accept that there are too many of them.
07:43And no matter what we do,
07:45what they did was bombing and bombing.
07:48It really compromised the safety of this ship.
07:52That's why we really retreated.
07:54The intention, Igan, of this BFAR is to give aid to the fishermen in the Escoda Shoal.
08:02Because before this happened,
08:04we were able to give crudo to some fishermen in Balayan, Batangas.
08:10They said that before we met,
08:13the coast guards of China asked them to leave the Escoda Shoal.
08:20And that's the situation, Igan, of the fishermen there.
08:24That's why the BFAR was forced to go to the Escoda Shoal.
08:30But that's it.
08:31Temporarily, we retreated for the safety of everyone, Igan.
08:36Were the passengers of the BRP Datu Sandai all accounted for?
08:39Because China said that a Filipino fell into the sea and they saved him.
08:49Oh, Igan, what we can say is that the BRP Datu Sandai crew and officials are not complete.
08:58Even us, Embedded Media, that's what we did first, Igan.
09:01We immediately met in one place and we checked if we were complete.
09:06The only thing that fell here is the so-called light and smoke buoy.
09:12It's there.
09:13It's orange, Igan.
09:15We can see that it's gone.
09:17That's the only thing that fell.
09:20Maybe that's what the Chinese saw that fell.
09:25But we don't know the intention of China.
09:28I don't know why they're saying that there's a man overboard here.
09:34But what our fellow Filipinos believe, because they're saying that there's a Teresa Magbanoa in the Escoda Shoal,
09:44maybe their intention is to react to this, Igan.
09:48Okay. Thank you very much. Be careful.
09:51This is Ian Cruz.