Second body recovered as search continues for missing Pulau Ketam anglers

KLANG, September 17 — The search for missing anglers off One Fathom Bank near Pulau Ketam continued as another body was recovered from the sea. Selangor Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) operations officer Maritime Lieutenant Mohd Syafiq Sazali reported that a body believed to be one of the missing anglers was discovered floating off Hutan Melintang, Perak, late afternoon.

A local fishing boat spotted the man's body at 4:26 pm, and the MMEA vessel KM Nusa was promptly dispatched to the location, approximately three nautical miles from the Selangor–Perak maritime boundary. The body, found wearing a life jacket, will be brought ashore at the Hutan Melintang Jetty for police formal identification with family members or next of kin.

Meanwhile, Muhammad Ridzuan Ruhaizat's family remains hopeful he will be found safe; his uncle, Khairul Muhidin, stated that he last saw his nephew on September 4 and immediately called the emergency line upon learning of the incident. The family is hopeful Muhammad Ridzuan, an avid angler and the fourth of six siblings, is still alive, noting that he was wearing a life jacket during the incident and may have held onto something to stay afloat.

Two other survivors, Mohd Rizal Mohamad Sadali and Muhd Hamiszar Punirain, are reported to be in stable condition, though still traumatized by the ordeal. The search for the two remaining missing anglers, Muhammad Ridzuan and Raja Mohd Rozi Raja Mohamad, continues.