The Philippines accused the Chinese coast guard on Saturday of using water cannons to "obstruct" three government boats delivering provisions to Filipino fishermen near a reef off its coast.
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00:00 The Philippines accused the Chinese Coast Guard on Saturday of using water cannons to
00:09 obstruct three government boats delivering provisions to Filipino fishermen near a reef
00:14 off its coast.
00:16 The incident on Saturday took place near the Scarborough Shoal, which is claimed by both
00:20 countries and which Beijing seized from Manila in 2012 after a months-long standoff.
00:26 The islands lie about 220 km off the coast of the Philippines and fall within its exclusive
00:32 economic zone, according to international maritime law.
00:35 The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said in a statement that Chinese Coast
00:39 Guard ships utilized water cannons to obstruct and prevent government vessels from delivering
00:44 fuel and food supplies to fishing boats.
00:46 The multi-agency task force said it vehemently condemns the illegal and aggressive actions
00:51 carried out by the Chinese Coast Guard and Chinese maritime militia.
00:55 Videos released by the Philippine Coast Guard showed Chinese Coast Guard ships hitting the
00:59 vessels with powerful blasts of water.
01:02 The Philippine Task Force for the South China Sea, an inter-agency government body, said
01:05 in a statement that water cannons had been used at least eight times on Saturday and
01:10 accused the Chinese Coast Guard of directly and deliberately targeting the vessels.
01:15 Some Filipino crew also experienced severe temporary discomfort and incapacitation after
01:20 the Chinese vessels used what was believed to be a long-range acoustic device, it said.
01:25 The mission to distribute fuel and food to more than 30 fishing vessels near the shoal
01:28 was ongoing, the task force said, accusing the Chinese Coast Guard of deploying inflatable
01:33 speedboats to drive away the fishermen.
01:35 To prevent the distribution of humanitarian support is not only illegal but also inhumane,
01:39 the task force said.
01:41 According to Chinese state media, Beijing said that it took control measures against
01:45 the three vessels in the South China Sea that it claimed had intruded into waters near Scarborough
01:49 Shoal.
01:51 The Philippines and China have a long history of maritime incidents in the contested South
01:54 China Sea, through which more than $3 trillion of annual ship-borne trade passes annually.
01:59 China claims almost the entire South China Sea, including parts claimed by the Philippines,
02:03 Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
02:05 But the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in 2016 said China's claims had no legal
02:10 basis.
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