Hong Kong owners abandon ship

Troubled waters: A filepic of Xin Yi Yi lying on its side off Permatang Damar Laut, south of Penang island.

GEORGE TOWN: Raising a sunken ship is no easy matter as the state has learned from the incident with the Xin Yi Yi.

This Hong Kong vessel keeled over and has been lying on the seabed half-submerged for close to a year in the shallows off Permatang Damar Laut, south of Penang island.