SUMMARY
MANILA, Philippines – National Security Council spokesperson Jonathan Malaya on Monday, January 29, denied China’s belated claim that it made a “temporary special arrangement” to allow the delivery of supplies for troops stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre in the West Philippine Sea.
Malaya, speaking on state-run PTV4’s Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon, said he was “surprised” by the China Coast Guard (CCG) statement on the supposed delivery of supplies to the military outpost in Ayungin Shoal by air.
“This is a figment of the imagination of the China Coast Guard,” he added.
China, through its coast guard, claimed late January 27 that it had “allowed” the delivery of supplies to the rusty BRP Sierra Madre, a World War II ship that serves as the Philippines’ outpost in the shoal.
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