MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday (Feb 13) accused a Chinese coastguard vessel of shining a 'military-grade laser light' at one of its boats in the disputed South China Sea, temporarily blinding crew members. The incident happened on Feb 6 nearly 20km from Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Isla
MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday accused a Chinese coastguard vessel of shining a"military-grade laser light" at one of its boats in the disputed South China Sea, temporarily blinding crew members.
It was the latest episode in a series of maritime incidents between the Philippines and China, which claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea and has ignored an international court ruling that its claims have no legal basis. The Philippine patrol boat was supporting a"rotation and resupply mission" last week for the troops, who live in a derelict navy ship grounded on the shoal to assert Manila's territorial claims.
The Chinese vessel also made"dangerous manoeuvres" by coming within about 140m of the Philippine boat.
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