A close call while diving


Worrying sight: A diver swimming over ghost nets in Pulau Mantanani.

KOTA KINABALU: For local divers, it was a bittersweet reopening of the diving industry following a relaxation in the movement control order (MCO) as they had a near-death experience underwater.

Divers claimed to have heard blasts believed to be from fish bombs in the waters of Mantanani Island off Kota Belud district.

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