The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday said a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ship had fired water cannons at a fisheries bureau vessel conducting a resupply mission for Filipino fishermen in the vicinity of Scarborough Shoal. The incident comes days after the reported harassment of Filipino fishermen by a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy helicopter in a different South China Sea feature. In a joint statement, the PCG and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said CCG vessel 3302 fired a water cannon at the BRP Datu Pagbuaya, “aiming directly at the vessel’s navigational antennas” while it was located 16 nautical miles south of Scarborough Shoal.

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