One other Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel was blocked and surrounded by Chinese coast guard and militia ships in the incident, which dragged on for about eight hours on Wednesday. It's "the closest dangerous maneuver" by any Chinese coast guard ship against a PCG, he said. Wednesday's hostilities began at dawn when a Chinese coast guard ship closely tailed the Philippine vessels enroute to Second Thomas Shoal. In early August, a Chinese coast guard ship used a water cannon against one of two Philippine supply boats to prevent it from approaching Ayungin Shoal. Two PCG ships securing the supply boats, however, were prevented by Chinese coast guard ships from maneuvering closer to the shoal.
