Skipper and crewman arrested over Sabah boat mishap


  • Nation
  • Monday, 30 Jan 2017

Twenty Chinese tourists were rescued a short while after the skipper and a crewman of the catamaran were found near Pulau Tiga. - NORMIMIE DIUN / The Star

KOTA KINABALU: The skipper and a crewman of the ill-fated catamaran that sank while on a journey to Pulau Mengalum on Saturday have been detained.

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Ramli Din said both men had been held under Section 304A of the Penal Code for causing death by negligence.

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