MELAKA: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) will investigage how and why a merchant ship captain went overboard and was only found after 18 hours adrift.
The 42-year-old captain of the Indonesian-registered vessel, known only as Gunawan, was rescued by MMEA about 12.8 nautical miles off Pulau Panjang here on Sunday (April 19) after he was reported missing by a shipping agent.
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