Rescuers retrieve body from downed fishing boat, end 5-day search


Desmond Davidson

Rescue divers find the body of Wong Pak Wei trapped in the wheelhouse of a sunken fishing vessel. – Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department pic, April 8, 2023.

A FIVE-day search for a missing crewman of a sunken fishing boat off Belawai in central Sarawak ended today after Fire and Rescue Department divers managed to retrieve his body from the vessel.

The search for Wong Pak Wei ran over days as divers found no trace of him during the recovery operation on the boat.


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