DFA tells China anew: Return firearms, compensate PH for Ayungin clash
Philippine News Agency
By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora
August 15, 2025, 11:03 am
MANILA -- The Philippine government is demanding China anew to compensate for the damage caused by the China Coast Guard to Filipino assets in the June 2024 Ayungin incident.
"[T]he Philippines reiterates its demand to China for compensation for the damage caused to Philippine vessels and equipment on 17 June 2024, as well as the return of its firearms and equipment, and the personal effects of its personnel that were illegally seized on that date," said Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro in a statement sent through Malacañang Friday.
The reiteration was made on the heels of the collision between two Chinese vessels in the Bajo de Masinloc — an incident Beijing had blamed on Manila.
The incident on June 17 involved the Chinese Coast Guard obstructing the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) humanitarian rotation and resupply operations at the BRP Sierra Madre (LS57) in Ayungin Shoal, resulting in one Filipino soldier losing a finger.
The AFP earlier said it would ask PHP60 million in compensation from China.
Prior to the signing of a temporary arrangement on Ayungin Shoal last year, the Chinese Foreign Ministry, over a press briefing, rejected the AFP's demand. (PNA)
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