Philippines says Chinese coast guard boarded navy vessels in South China Sea

The Philippine military said Wednesday that the Chinese coast guard boarded Filipino navy boats in the South China Sea this week in a confrontation that left a sailor severely injured.

"The Chinese Coast Guard personnel illegally embarked on our RHIBS (rigid-hulled inflatable boats)," Western Philippine Command chief Rear Admiral Alfonso Torres told reporters in the first official Filipino account of the incident off Second Thomas Shoal.

AFP