The Straits Times
MANILA – The China Coast Guard (CCG) has been accused of seizing and dumping overboard food and other supplies meant for Filipino troops stationed at a remote outpost in Second Thomas Shoal, and allegedly obstructing a medical evacuation of ailing soldiers.
Both incidents took place on May 19, when the Philippine Navy performed an airdrop operation to bring the items to the BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated warship grounded in 1999 to protect Manila’s claims to the shoal, according to a ranking military official, who asked not to be named for not having authority to speak to the media.
In a third incident, on May 24, the CCG used water cannons to drive away a Filipino fishing boat near the shoal, the official said.
