No matter how the Chinese Embassy and Beijing try to downplay the ramming of a Filipino fishing vessel by saying that it was an ordinary maritime incident, from the looks of it and upon the testimony of the 21 crew members, it was clearly a case of hit and run. Let’s look at what happened. First, the Chinese vessel rammed the Filipino boat with all its lights on, while the crew members were asleep. Second, after this, the Chinese vessel turned around and fled while the Filipino vessel was sinking.

Jurado, E. P. (2019, June 18). A cut above the rest. Manila Standard, pp. A4, A5.