By DayakDaily
KUCHING, Sept 7: Police have confirmed that the body found in the Beting Yu waters in Muara Kabong on Saturday (Sept 6) was 57-year-old Tuah Bujang, a fisherman who went missing when he and his son, 24-year-old Muhammad Aiman Tuah, went fishing on Wednesday (Sept 3).
According to TVS, Saratok police chief DSP Mathew Manggie said that the identity was confirmed by the Saratok Hospital Forensic Department and the victims’ family.
“At around 10.15am, the search and rescue (SAR) team found the body. The family has confirmed that it was Tuah Bujang,” he said.
The SAR operation is ongoing to locate Aiman.
On Wednesday, at around 2pm, Aiman and Tuah went out to sea in Kabong to fish. By 5pm, heavy rain and rough waves had set in.
Both could no longer be contacted, leading to a police report being lodged at the Kabong Police Station on Thursday (Sept 4) at 6.49am to request search and rescue assistance.
Their boat was discovered drifting 5.5 nautical miles from the shoreline that day. — DayakDaily
