Philippines coastguard says crew member temporarily blinded and mission disrupted in South China Sea
The coastguard said the incident, on 6 February, occurred as one of its vessels was trying to support a navy mission to bring food and supplies to its troops at Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in the disputed Spratly Islands, and which is known as Ayungin Shoal in theA small Philippine military contingent is based onboard a rusting former US Navy ship that was deliberately grounded on Second Thomas Shoal in 1999 to mark Manila’s claim to the reef.
The Chinese coastguard also blocked Philippine ships from reaching Second Thomas Shoal during a mission in August, the coastguard in Manila said.Sea, a resource-rich water way and crucial transit route for oil. However, the Philippines, as well as Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei all have claims to parts of the sea, making it a potential flashpoint.
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