KUCHING: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has found the body of a local fisherman, Wong Pak Wei, 30, who was reported missing on Monday (April 3) after the boat he was in sunk in waters near Tanjung Jerijih, around 447km north of here this morning.
MMEA Tanjung Manis Maritime Zone director Gilbert Tinggak Numpang said the Kuching Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre (MRSC) received a call from Wong’s father around 8.55pm on Friday (April 7) about the discovery of a possible body at the sunken boat’s wheelhouse as they were conducting work to raise the boat.
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