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China’s harassment of PCG using laser

‘provocative, unsafe’ — US
By: Daniza Fernandez - Reporter / @DFernandezINQ INQUIRER.net / 10:16 AM February 14, 2023

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The PCG reported that a Chinese Coast Guard ship directed a “military- ‘provocative, unsafe’ —
grade” laser at one of its vessels as it was supporting a Philippine Navy US

rotation and resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal, also called Second Thomas
Shoal, in the West Philippine Sea on February 6.
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“The PRC’s (People’s Republic of China) conduct was provocative and

unsafe, resulting in the temporary blindness of the crewmembers of the
BRP Malapascua and interfering with the Philippines’ lawful operations in
and around Second Thomas Shoal,” US Department of State spokesperson
Ned Price said in a statement.

“More broadly, the PRC’s dangerous operational behavior directly threatens

regional peace and stability, infringes upon freedom of navigation in the
South China Sea as guaranteed under international law, and undermines
the rules-based international order,” he added.

Citing the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s 2016 ruling, Price said that
China has “no lawful maritime claims” to Ayungin Shoal.

The ruling invalidated China’s nine-dash line claim in the South China Sea
and said that the Philippines has sovereign rights in the West Philippine
Sea.

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