Search on for three tugboat crew members missing in waters off Pulau Mantanani


KOTA KINABALU: A search and rescue operation is under way for three crew members of a tugboat that was believed to have capsized about 35 nautical miles north-west of Pulau Mantanani off Sabah's west coast.

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sabah and Labuan director Admiral Datuk Mohd Rosli Abdullah said the three missing crew members were identified as locals Lim Chung Siong, 24, Wilson Paul Joseph, 31, and Yee Lih Min, 22.

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