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A Chinese rubber boat experienced “karma” while tailing Philippine ships going to the Ayungin Shoal for a resupply mission as it got entangled in a mooring line, according to a top official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
The Armed Forces of the Philippines has described China Coast Guard’s presence in the West Philippine Sea as misplaced bullying amid its continued aggression in the country’s territorial waters, more recently its dangerous maneuvers trying to block a resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal.
In a statement, the spokesperson of China Coast Guard said two replenishment ships and two Coast Guard vessels from the Philippines entered the shoal’s vicinity waters “without the permission of the Chinese government” and illegally transported construction materials to the grounded BRP Sierra Madre.
TWO Chinese Coast Guard ships and 10 maritime militia vessels took part in Friday's blockade at Ayungin Shoal as the Philippines conducted its 3rd resupply mission in five weeks to its military outpost on BRP Sierra Madre.
(UPDATE) BOATS resupplying Philippine troops on Ayungin Shoal completed their mission Friday, but not before they were harassed by a swarm of Chinese coast guard and militia vessels, an American security analyst reported.