A file photo of the missing catamaran. - Picture forwarded by MMEA.
KOTA KINABALU: The owner of the catamaran that sank on its way to Pulau Mengalum has claimed trial to a charge of ferrying people by water transportation in an overloaded vessel.
Leong Vin Jee, 44, pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Jessica Ombou Kakayun on Sunday to a charge under S282 read with S34 of the Penal Code at a room converted into a magistrates court at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital here.
