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PCG describes Balintang Channel incident - 'like a scene from an action movie'
The way the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) described the May 9 shooting of Taiwanese fishermen off the coast of Balintang island was like telling a scene out of an action movie: a government vessel precariously dodging two fishing boats that tried to sink the law enforcer's ship as they engaged the bad guys in a high seas chase.
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“One of the Taiwanese vessel maneuvered to ramp our starboard bow. This unit executed reverse [gear] to avoid collision,” said the PCG report.
Video of Taiwanese intrusion turned over to NBI
Shows Taiwanese vessel 'aggression'
By Roy C. Mabasa
Published: May 16, 2013
A video of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on the maritime incident in Balintang Channel last week that resulted in the death of a 65-year old Taiwanese fisherman has been turned over to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), government sources revealed on Thursday.
However, the contents of the said video, which apparently documented the circumstances that transpired prior to the actual shooting, will not be made known to the public as of this time since it will be used as evidence during the investigation of the incident.
Nevertheless, the government sources told Manila Bulletin that the video "is on our side" as it apparently showed that the Taiwanese fishing vessel was the "aggressor" during the incident.
The video supposedly will also support the PCG's defense that the encounter transpired well within the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
According to PCG commandant Rear Admiral Rodolfo Isorena, the Taiwanese fishing boat, Guang Ta Hsin-28 together with another Taiwanese boat were 43-nautical miles east off Balintang Island around 10:30 am of May 9 when the boats were halted by the MCS-3001, a 35-meter vessel jointly manned by the Coast Guard and personnel from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for an on-board inspection, but the smaller fishing boat did not respond to the warning and even tried to ram the vessel of the Philippine maritime agency.
As a result, the commanding officer of the MCS-3001 ordered to open fire at Guang Ta Hsin-28 to disable its engine but accidentally killed the Taiwanese fisherman.
Additional two unidentified vessels, one white and one gray, eventually arrived in the area, causing the MCS-3001 to disengage and leave as they were already outnumbered.
Both PCG and BFAR crew on-board MCS-001 were relieved as part of the standard operations procedure while the investigations are on-going.