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A Chinese navy vessel collided with one from its own coast guard while chasing a Filipino patrol boat in the South China Sea, the Philippines said, releasing dramatic video footage of the confrontation.
The incident occurred near the contested Scarborough Shoal as the Philippine Coast Guard escorted boats distributing aid to fishermen in the area, spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela said in a statement.
Video released by Manila showed a China Coast Guard ship and a much larger vessel bearing the number 164 on its hull colliding with a loud crash.
Additional footage and photos released later by the Philippine Coast Guard showed the stricken Chinese vessel still afloat but with its entire bow crumpled inward.

“The CCG 3104 from the China Coast Guard was pursuing the BRP Suluan, a Filipino coast guard vessel, at high speed and executed a dangerous maneuver from the starboard quarter of the Filipino vessel, resulting in a collision with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy warship,” Tarriela mentioned in a statement.

“This resulted in substantial damage to the CCG vessel’s forecastle, rendering it unseaworthy,” Tarriela said.
At a later press briefing, Tarriella said crew members aboard the smaller Chinese vessel had been visible in its front section just before the collision.
“We’re not sure whether they were able to rescue those personnel who were in front prior to the collision. But we are hoping that these personnel are in good condition,” he told reporters.
Tarriela said the Chinese crew “never responded” to the Philippine ship’s offer of assistance.
Gan Yu, a Chinese coast guard spokesperson, confirmed a confrontation had taken place without mentioning the collision.

“In compliance with the law, the China Coast Guard implemented necessary actions which included monitoring, exerting external pressure, obstructing and managing the Philippine vessels to deter them,” he stated in a statement.

China’s foreign affairs ministry did not confirm or deny the collision when asked about it by Agence France-Presse.
The incident is the latest in a series of confrontations between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea, which China claims almost entirely despite an international ruling that the assertion has no legal basis.
More than 60 per cent of global maritime trade passes through the disputed waterway.
Speaking at a news conference, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the country’s patrol vessels would “continue to be present” in the area to defend, as well as exercise sovereign rights over, what it considers to be part of its territory.
The Scarborough Shoal — a triangular chain of reefs and rocks — has been a flashpoint between the countries since China seized it from the Philippines in 2012.
Earlier in the confrontation, Filipino coast guard vessel BRP Suluan was “targeted with a water cannon” by the Chinese but “successfully” evaded it, Tarriela’s statement said.

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