Bachok boat tragedy: Search for three missing anglers resumes Wednesday (July 1) morning


KOTA BARU (Bernama): A search-and-rescue (SAR) operation to locate three missing anglers who are feared drowned after a boat carrying 20 people capsized following a storm about 10 nautical miles from the Kuala Kemasin Base Jetty on Monday (June 29), resumed at 6am Wednesday (July 1).

Kelantan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director Captain Muhd Nur Syam Asmawie Yaacob, who is also the operation commander, said that the search, which is in its third day, would be expanded to a radius of 324 square nautical miles from where the boat was found.

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