General Operation Force corporal missing after Sandakan boat accident

A passenger boat with 37 people smashed into a small boat being towed by a fishing trawler near the Sandakan market jetty.

SANDAKAN: A General Operations Force (PGA) personnel member went missing after a passenger boat with 37 people, including 28 students, was involved in a crash with a boat being towed by a fishing trawler, leaving 14 people injured.

A search-and-rescue operation is continuing for the policeman, Corporal Osman Ongkal, in waters just off the Sandakan market in the wake of the accident at 5.40am on Thursday (Feb 13).