00:00 The dead coral was found in the Philippine Coast Guard at the seabed of Sabina or Escoda Shoal.
00:07 On the other side of Sabina Shoal, there is an elevation of artificial sandbars.
00:13 It was observed when the BRP Teresa Magbanua deployed one of the largest ships of the PCG in April.
00:22 The PCG suspects that there is a forced reclamation activity in the said place, which is similar to the Sandy Cays near Pagasa Island.
00:31 It is possible that China has already moved behind it, especially when some Chinese marine scientists were seen there.
00:38 There were also more than 40 ships of the China Coast Guard, Chinese Maritime Militia, and People's Liberation Army Navy.
00:45 If you look closely, the crushed corals found in Sabina Shoal are mostly observed.
00:52 It would be dangerous if the reclamation continues here.
00:57 It is only 71 nautical miles from Palawan and Ayungin Shoal is near here where the BRP Sierra Madre is stationed.
01:05 But with the help of the deployment of the PCG, the activity of the ships of China was limited and the patrolling of the BRP Teresa Magbanua will continue on the 29th.
01:18 Every once in a while, we measure this again and yet we see that there is no increase in the total area of this.
01:27 It means that the Chinese government was prevented in continuing this small scale reclamation.
01:33 So it is worth noting that we have become very successful in preventing China from continuing the small scale reclamation.
01:44 We are alarmed by all of this development and that is why the National Task Force West Philippine Sea led by Secretary AƱo has already directed
01:51 to monitor all of our features and all of the features within the West Philippine Sea, within our 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone.
02:02 The PCG will meet with the Marine Science Institute of the University of the Philippines
02:07 to find out the reason for the reclamation of dead corals.
02:12 But the PCG discovered a Chinese academic journal about the use of coral fragments and hydraulic reclamation in the South China Sea.
02:22 The characteristic of the poros that they showed in their academic journal is similar with what we saw in Sandy Cays and also in Iskoda Shoal.
02:37 So perhaps this academic journal is the explanation of how they do things in doing a small scale reclamation.
02:46 Our intention here, why we decided to anchor the Philippine Coast Guard vessel as the rigid hull inflatable boats roam around the area
02:55 is to catch them for us to know how they are doing this.
03:00 We are trying to get the Chinese Embassy's statement here.
03:05 Meanwhile, the civilian convoy of our coalition is ready to go to the Baudemarsin Locoy Scarborough Shoal
03:12 to share help to the Filipino fishermen.
03:16 Their target is to put a buoy with the word WPS on it.
03:22 In the middle of this, the Maritime Analyst's AIS monitored Ray Powell,
03:27 the huge force of up to four ships of the China Coast Guard and 20 Chinese maritime militia.
03:34 But this is our target, they will not be able to listen to their mission.
03:39 The PCG will provide security to the civilian mission in Baudemarsin Locoy.
03:44 As Filipinos, if they want to lay here, that's their right.
03:49 Again, in the Coast Guard, we just have to ensure that they are safe.
03:54 The Commandant intends to provide safety and security to our coalition.
04:01 On Tuesday, the civilian convoy of our coalition was anchored.
04:06 It will last for up to three days.
04:09 Patrick De Asus for Pambansan TV in Bagong, Pilipinas.
