CHUKAI: Two fishermen who went missing after their boat sank in Kemaman waters on June 10 have yet to be found, with the search and rescue operation continuing into the seventh day.
Kemaman Zone maritime director Abdul Halim Hamzah said the operation, which covers a 50.40 square nautical miles search area, involves 19 personnel from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) and eight from the police.
He said the assets involved an MMEA ship, KM Redang, with 19 crew members and a police boat, PLC 3.
"As of noon on Wednesday (June 17), the search team has yet to find any new leads regarding the two victims, namely the skipper, Azan Muda, 68 and Nordin Mohammad, 61," he said in a statement.
In the incident on June 10, a fishing boat carrying Azan and Nordin sank in a storm at 12.30am.
However, another fisherman who was on the boat, Mahadi Jusoh, 51, was successfully rescued by other fishermen at 10.30am the next morning. – Bernama
