Comment on Philippines Says Sailor Lost Finger in Latest Confrontation With China in South China Sea

Chad de Guzman, Time
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 2:45am

Philippines Says Sailor Lost Finger in Latest Confrontation With China in South China Sea

[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The Philippine military denounced China’s latest actions in the hotly disputed South China Sea, saying that a confrontation earlier this week resulted in a Filipino navy serviceman losing a finger. In a press conference Wednesday, Alfonso Torres Jr., commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command, said China Coast Guard personnel “illegally boarded” Philippine rubber boats that were conducting a routine resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre, a grounded vessel at the Second Thomas Shoal, on Monday. Torres said the Chinese also “looted” seven of the Philippine navy’s rifles, which were disassembled inside gun cases and were supposed to be for Filipino servicemen stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre, which has functioned as an outpost to maintain the Philippines’ claim to the shoal. Eight Philippine navy personnel reportedly sustained injuries, though the military has only confirmed one victim: a sailor whose right thumb got severed after the China Coast Guard reportedly rammed the Philippine boats. “Because of the speed, the forward portion of the China Coast Guard’s RHIB [rigid-hull inflatable boat] landed on top of our troop’s RHIB, and unfortunately our troop’s hand was there,” Torres said.

 

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