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This handout video seize launched and brought on August 11, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard exhibits an incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (L) and a Chinese Coast Guard ship (R) as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat close to Scarborough Shoal within the disputed South China Sea. Photo: Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
The incident occurred close to the contested Scarborough Shoal because the Philippine coast guard escorted boats distributing help to fishermen within the space, spokesman Commodore Jay Tarriela stated in an announcement.
Video launched by Manila confirmed a China Coast Guard ship and a a lot bigger vessel bearing the quantity 164 on its hull colliding with a loud crash.
“The [China Coast Guard vessel] CCG 3104, which was chasing the [Filipino coast guard vessel] BRP Suluan at excessive velocity, carried out a dangerous manoeuvre from the [Philippine] vessel’s starboard quarter, resulting in the affect with the PLA [People’s Liberation Army] Navy warship,” Mr. Tarriela stated.
“This resulted in substantial harm to the CCG vessel’s forecastle, rendering it unseaworthy,” he stated.
Gan Yu, a Chinese coast guard spokesperson, confirmed {that a} Monday confrontation had taken place with out mentioning the collision.
“The China Coast Guard took needed measures in accordance with the legislation, together with monitoring, urgent from the skin, blocking and controlling the Philippine vessels to drive them away,” he stated in an announcement.
The reported collision is the newest in a sequence of confrontations between China and the Philippines within the South China Sea, which Beijing claims virtually completely regardless of a global ruling that the assertion has no authorized foundation.
More than 60% of worldwide maritime commerce passes by way of the disputed waterway.
Speaking at a morning information convention, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos stated the nation’s patrol vessels would “proceed to be current” within the space to defend, in addition to train Manila’s sovereign rights over, what it considers to be a part of its territory.
The Scarborough Shoal — a triangular chain of reefs and rocks — has been a flashpoint between the nations since China seized it from the Philippines in 2012.
It was unclear if anybody was damage in Monday’s (August 11) incident.
Mr. Tarriela advised AFP the Chinese crew “by no means responded” to the Filipino ship’s provide of help.
Earlier within the confrontation, the BRP Suluan was “focused with a water cannon” by the Chinese however “efficiently” evaded it, Mr. Tarriela’s assertion stated.
Published – August 11, 2025 12:16 pm IST
