This frame grab from handout video footage taken on June 17, 2024 and released on June 25 by the Armed Forces of the Philippines shows Chinese Coast Guard personnel aboard rigid hull inflatable boats (in black) during a confrontation with Philippine Navy personnel on their respective vessels (in gray) near the Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines — China Coast Guard’s violent encounter with personnel of the Philippine Navy on a resupply mission on the West Philippine Sea last June 17 resulted in damages amounting to P60 million, Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said.
“We estimated the cost of the damage at P60-million,” Brawner said in a press briefing in Camp Aguinaldo. “So we are demanding China pay P60 million.”
Bolo-weilding CCG personnel rammed, towed, and even boarded Philippine Navy boats during the resupply mission for the BRP Sierra Madre, grounded in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal last June 17.
The act, the Philippine military said, led to what they deemed as “looting,” and resulted to one navy personnel to lose his finger, while several naval personnel sustained minor injuries.
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