Intruding in whose waters? Since when did China become the legitimate owner of Bajo de Masinloc? On what basis?
The nine-dash line originated from the ROC’s 1947 eleven-dash map — invalidated by the 2016 Arbitral Award? UNCLOS — which places Bajo de Masinloc squarely within the Philippine EEZ?
Or simply the Chinese Communist Party’s expansionist ambition? Bajo de Masinloc is ours.
No amount of water cannons can wash away that truth!
WATCH: Philippine Navy personnel aboard rubber boats deployed from BRP Sierra Madre conducted a lawful and non-confrontational operation to drive away a China Coast Guard RHIB that had unlawfully approached the vicinity of the outpost within waters where the Philippines exercises sovereign rights under international law.
Instead of complying, China Coast Guard personnel responded with violence, striking Philippine Navy personnel with wooden batons and damaging the Philippine Navy rubber boats. Despite the aggression, our troops exercised maximum restraint, professionalism, and discipline while carrying out their mission.
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