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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider 'Bakit hindi ipakita 'yung ibang nangyari?' PCG downplays China's release of 'old' Ayungin Shoal boat-towing video

'Bakit hindi ipakita 'yung ibang nangyari?' PCG downplays China's release of 'old' Ayungin Shoal boat-towing video

Published Aug 2, 2025 10:24 am
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (left) confers on Philippine Navy (PN) Seaman First Class Underwater Operator Jeffrey Facundo the Order of Lapu-Lapu Rank of Kampilan in a ceremony at the Western Command headquarters, Camp General Artemio Ricarte in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on June 23, 2024, days after he lost his thumb in a violent resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. (File photo / KJ Rosales)
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (left) confers on Philippine Navy (PN) Seaman First Class Underwater Operator Jeffrey Facundo the Order of Lapu-Lapu Rank of Kampilan in a ceremony at the Western Command headquarters, Camp General Artemio Ricarte in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on June 23, 2024, days after he lost his thumb in a violent resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. (File photo / KJ Rosales)
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) dismissed a video released by China showing the towing of Philippine vessels near BRP Sierra Madre (LS57) in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
PCG spokesperson for WPS, Commodore Jay Tarriela said the video published online by Chinese media outlet “Global Times” came from the violent June 17, 2024 resupply mission where a Philippine Navy (PN) personnel lost his finger after China rammed Philippine boats bringing food and other provisions to troops guarding the BRP Sierra Madre.
“Is it worth responding to? I mean it already happened. This is actually an old video. I don’t really know what’s the motivation of the Chinese Coast guard why they released this old video,” Tarriela said.
A footage shown to the public on Friday, August 1, showed Chinese Coast Guard personnel confronting Filipino soldiers during the resupply mission.
Citing China Bugle, a media account affiliated with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) news media center, the Global Times claimed China Coast Guard personnel blocked Philippine resupply boats from “infringing” Ayungin Shoal and towed the resupply boats “in just six minutes.”
What the Chinese media outlet did not show was that the incident also involved a Chinese rigid-hull inflatable boat ramming a Philippine resupply boat which led to the dismemberment of the thumb of a PN personnel.
The Navy official was identified as Seaman First Class Underwater Operator Jeffrey Facundo. His thumb has since been reattached by doctors and he had returned to the service, guarding the WPS.
Aside from the injury caused by the China Coast Guard, Chinese law enforcers also looted the Filipino soldiers’ rifles, personal cellphones, the motor and engines of the boats, and destroyed communication and navigational equipment.
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. had demanded China to pay more than P60 million as compensation for the damage caused to Facundo as well as looted items. The rifles and other looted items were not returned, and China did not pay the compensation until now.
Tarriela said China appeared to have dug up their own grave in resurrecting the old video of the violent June 17, 2024 resupply mission as it once again stirred up conversations to the aggressive law enforcement operations of the CCG.
“I don’t know really what’s the main objective of the Chinese Coast Guard, what they are highlighting but again this has already been publicized. This is actually part of the June 17 incident,” he said.

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