Philippine media: Filipino personnel were disarmed, and a soldier lost his finger

Bi Dianlong

2024-06-18 20:55Posted in Henan Current Affairs Commentator

Two days after the new regulations came into effect, the Chinese coast guard and navy tacitly cooperated to surround the Philippine supply vessel, board the Philippine ship on the spot, disarm the Philippine personnel, and pierce the hovercraft of the other side and throw it into the sea.

The first battle of Ren'ai Reef was won!

June 15 is the day when the "China Coast Guard Law" officially came into effect, and the Philippines has watched the implementation of this law, but there is nothing to stop it.

Why is this law so important? It stipulates some details that give the coast guard department greater power to enforce the law on the spot, which can give my coast guard personnel more confidence in law enforcement.

The Philippine side believes that although China's new coast guard regulations do not specify who is targeted, they still take the initiative to take a seat, believing that China has violated their "sovereignty".

Two days after the implementation of the Coast Guard Law, that is, early in the morning of June 17, the Philippine side tried to provoke China by sending official ships to intrude into the waters of Ren'ai Jiao without its consent. In this regard, the Chinese side showed no mercy and enforced the law against the Philippine ship on the spot.

As the time came to June 18, more news about the scene was also revealed, and some details made the Chinese people very excited.

Local Philippine media reported that on the same day, a Philippine coast guard ship went to the waters of Ren'ai Jiao in an attempt to deliver supplies to the Philippine soldiers on the beached ship, but was intercepted by the Chinese army, and the Chinese army also boarded the Philippine ship and confiscated eight weapons of Philippine personnel. One of the members of the Philippine Navy's special operations team "lost one of his fingers" in the confrontation.

Philippine media quoted informed sources as saying, "The Armed Forces of the Philippines vessel was rammed and towed away by Chinese ships surrounded on all sides, and was taken far away to obstruct rescue efforts." The person also claimed that the Chinese side had punctured the hovercraft and made it unable to operate.

The Philippine army threatened to fight again

Philippine media reported that this is the third time that China has blocked the Philippine side's resupply mission to the beached ship, resulting in injuries to Filipino personnel.

However, the Filipinos do not seem to be dead in the Yellow River, and they have not completely withdrawn from the waters of Ren'ai Jiao, threatening to fight again. Philippine media reported that some people at the scene did not evacuate, and they plan to continue to attack Ren'ai Jiao in the next two days.

Obviously, the Chinese side has dealt a ruthless blow to Ren'ai Jiao this time, boarding the ship for inspection, disarming, and sabotage of illegal Philippine vehicles.

The Marcos government in the Philippines has remained silent on the matter and has not yet made any response.

Our guess is that they may be weighing how to handle this well.

How Marcos will choose

For President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the thorny issue with this incident is that the Chinese side has grasped it very accurately, and it can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

First, we have achieved the goal of safeguarding the sovereignty of Ren'ai Jiao. second, it sabotaged the Philippine side's supply operations, thwarted the opponent's spirit, and caused considerable losses to the other side; Thirdly, under such a premise, no heavy weapons were used, and no deaths were caused on the other side.

Therefore, the Philippine Marcos Jr. government is very entangled in this matter, because President Marcos Jr. has claimed on various occasions that once the Philippine side dies in the course of the confrontation between China and the Philippines, it means war. As a result, the current situation is that they have lost the battle at Second Thomas Shoal, but it has not reached the point where they have started a war.

There are two paths ahead of the Philippines, but we can say very clearly that there are dead ends ahead.

The first way is to completely break with China because of this matter, such as severing diplomatic relations, amassing troops at Ren'ai Jiao, and engaging in armed conflict with China. Needless to say, the Philippines does not dare to do this, once it does, the United States will definitely not stand up for him, and Ukraine and Israel will be enough for him to have a headache.

The second way is to ignore the events of June 17 and continue to take low-intensity provocative measures at Ren'ai Jiao. In that case, the situation of boarding and disarming will continue, and the military may create a rebellion against the Marcos Jr. government.

The two ways forward are dead ends, and for the Marcos Jr. government in the Philippines, it is actually a step back and the sky is wide. Going back, try to admit its mistakes and apologize to China, and downplay the South China Sea issue, so that the United States has no strategic grip on the South China Sea issue, and it is not too late to make amends.

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