Smell of Tiger Balm ends nine-day sea ordeal


KOTA KINABALU: A strong smell of Tiger Balm broke a streak of bad luck for survivors Tommy Lam Wai Yin and three others as they drifted past at least 25 ships in the South China Sea and none of them sighting or helping them.

They were so close to hitting land off Kota Belud and later Labuan but winds pushed them away in their nine-day ordeal that ended with a poaching Vietnamese fishing boat rescuing them in the waters off Layang Layang.

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