Md Asibih Tamang (seated left) and his wife Fatima Ulo (right) being transported to safety by the MMEA.
KOTA KINABALU: An elderly couple from Sabah drifted all the way into Philippines waters after their boat ran out of fuel.
Asibih Tamang, 73, and his wife Fatima Ulo, 65, were travelling from Kampung Batu Putih to their daughter's house in Kampung Terusan Sugut, located some 41 nautical miles away and takes about two hours by boat.
