KOTA KINABALU: I'm leaving now. Those were the last words uttered by Absol Kassim, 26, to his wife before boarding the catamaran which capsized while on its way to Pulau Mengalum on Saturday.
Amelia Samanail, 21, of Pulau Gaya, said her husband was a crewman on the catamaran and left the house at about 7am on that fateful day to work.
"It is not even a month since he started work with the tour boat company.
Before working on the boat, he was a vegetable seller," said the woman when met by Bernama at the marine police jetty here.
Amelia said she had been at the jetty with her parents and in-laws from 8am Sunday waiting for news of her husband, who is still missing.
The couple got married six months ago.
"I hope and pray that my husband is safe and he is found by the search and rescue team," she said.
Absol is among six people still missing in the boat tragedy. - Bernama
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