00:00It took the Philippine Coast Guard around 12 hours to rescue a wounded soldier of the
00:05Armed Forces of the Philippines after the China Coast Guard rammed a Philippine Navy
00:10vessel on Monday, June 17.
00:12PCG spokesperson Jay Terriella says, despite coordinating efforts with the CCG, the Chinese
00:18made it difficult for the medical evacuation to be completed.
00:22The military says the injured soldier lost his thumb as a result of Monday's incident.
00:27The aggression on Monday was all about China's efforts to disrupt Manila's resupply mission
00:31to Ayungin Shoal.
00:33The CCG officers used tear gas, brandished bladed weapons, and punctured the Philippine
00:38Navy's rigid-hull inflatable boats.
00:41The CCG also threw rocks at soldiers moored beside the BRP Sierra Madre, the dilapidated
00:46ship that serves as the Philippines' outpost in Ayungin Shoal.
00:50The Philippine military described China's actions as a, quote, "'brazen act of aggression
00:54and an act of piracy.'"
