SAR operation for missing anglers at One Fathom Bank near Pulau Ketam ends with no new leads
KLANG, Sept 20 — The search and rescue (SAR) operation for anglers reported missing at One Fathom Bank near Pulau...
KLANG, Sept 20 — After six days of searching a 3,887 square nautical mile area near Pulau Ketam, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) operations terminated their search and rescue (SAR) mission for missing anglers with no new leads found. Lieutenant Mohd Azlee Zainal informed reporters that the operation, which included maritime ships, a CL415MP aircraft, and marine patrol boats, had ended by 7 pm yesterday without locating the remaining missing fisherman.
Earlier, Lieutenant Zainal spoke to family members at the Forward Search and Rescue Base (PHC) at Sementa Jetty, assuring them that MMEA would maintain regular patrols in the waters. The SAR mission, launched last Monday following a report of seven anglers vanishing at One Fathom Bank, discovered four survivors and two fatalities - 37-year-old Muhammad Ridzuan Ruhaizat and 43-year-old Mohamad Shahril Abd Rahman.
The remains of the deceased were buried in Shah Alam and An-Naim Mosque, respectively. Raja Mohd Rozi Raja Mahamud, the last missing angler, remains unaccounted for.
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