GEORGE TOWN: A teenage fisherman who went missing for nearly a day after falling into choppy waters has been found alive in Pulau Tikus, a rocky outcrop off Tanjung Bungah, about 12km from where he was feared drowned.
Mohamad Akhmar Mat Zin, 19, had clung to a safety float for 20 hours, braving the waves after the boat he was in with four others capsized off Penaga in Kepala Batas on the mainland on Monday.
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