Carpio: Ramming of Filipino vessel highly likely intentional 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Jeffrey DamicogThe ramming of a Filipino fishing vessel by a Chinese ship in Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea is highly likely intentional, Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said. “It is thus highly likely that a Chinese maritime militia vessel rammed the Filipino fishing vessel F/B Gimver 1,” he said in a statement. Also, Carpio indicated that China’s maritime militia vessels have “reinforced steel hulls purposely for ramming fishing vessels of other coastal states.”“No other coastal state has fishing vessels purposely designed for ramming other fishing vessels,” he emphasized. This is the first time that a Chinese maritime militia vessel has rammed a Filipino fishing vessel,” he added.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 15, 2019 02:26 UTC