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Chinese boats fail to stage scenes of ‘being rammed by Vietnamese ships’

Chinese boats fail to stage scenes of ‘being rammed by Vietnamese ships’

Friday, June 13, 2014, 14:31 GMT+7

Chinese vessels that are protecting Beijing’s illegal oil rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 in Vietnamese waters have attempted to stage scenes of “being crashed by Vietnamese boats,” but they have failed thus far, the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance Department reported Thursday.

>> China deploys 6 warships to protect illegal rig in Vietnam’s waters >> China moves illegal rig again; its vessels ready to ram Vietnamese boats   >> China deploys 2 more warships to Vietnam’s waters>> 3 scenarios for spat over Chinese oil rig in Vietnam’s waters Throughout yesterday, many Chinese vessels deliberately blocked Vietnamese fisheries surveillance ships in front of the prows so that the foreign ships could be hit by the local counterparts, the department said. In another way, Chinese boats sailed past Vietnamese vessels and then suddenly reversed into them to make it look as if the foreign ships were about to be slammed into from behind by local vessels. They took such actions in an attempt to make false scenes in which local vessels could be seen ramming the Chinese ships in the waters, the department pointed out. However, the Vietnamese vessels managed to duck the Chinese side’s ‘traps’ and avoid collision, the department said. Like Wednesday, China yesterday deployed 114 vessels to guard the drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou 981, including six military ships, 39 coast guard ships, 20 tugboats, and 35 fishing boats. Except for fishing ships, the Chinese coast guard ships and tugboats were arranged in groups in areas 7-8 and 9-11 nautical miles from the platform. They were ready to hit and fire water cannons at the Vietnamese law enforcement ships in order to prevent them from getting close to the drilling platform. Despite the intimidation from Chinese vessels, the Vietnamese force tried to reach areas about 7-10 nautical miles from the rig to demand the platform and its guarding ships leave the Vietnamese waters, the department said. Similarly, Vietnamese fishing boats managed to maintain operations in their traditional fishing grounds about 30-40 nautical miles from the rig, despite the presence of large iron-clad Chinese fishing ships, which continuously used force or threatened to use force to dislodge them from the waters with the support of two Chinese coast guard ships, the Vietnamese department added. China has maintained the rig in the Vietnamese waters for over one month, and the platform’s guarding vessels have rammed or blasted local vessels with high-powered water, injuring 12 Vietnamese fisheries surveillance officers and several fishermen. Such attacks have also damaged at least 24 ships of Vietnam’s marine law enforcement and coast guard forces and a dozen fishing boats. Notably, a local fishing boat, DNa 90152, from central Quang Ngai Province, with ten fishermen on board, was rammed and sank by Chinese vessel #11209 in Vietnam’s waters on May 26. The hard hit threw all the ten into the sea, and they were luckily saved by another Vietnamese fishing boat later.

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