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The disclosure was made by the injured soldier himself, Seaman First Class Underwater Operator Jeffrey Facundo, during a Senate probe into the incident on Tuesday, June 25.to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal. The soldier, a member of the elite Naval Special Operations Command , was injured when the CCG rammed the Philippine Navy’s rigid hull inflatable boat at high-speed. His thumb was hit by the bow of the Chinese vessel.
CCG personnel eventually succeeded, towing the RHIBs as far away as Sabina Shoal, over 30 nautical miles away from Ayungin Shoal. The Chinese boarded the Philippine RHIBs, destroyed communication and navigation equipment, and seized disassembled arms of the soldiers.