TANJONG KARANG, July 18 — The recovery of yet another body has raised to six the number of people who drowned in a boat mishap at sea near here last Thursday.
The body of A. Parianathan, 30, was found at 11.45 am along the shore behind the General Operations Force camp in Bagan Pasir here, said Selangor Fire and Rescue assistant director Mohd Sani Harul.
The search for one more person, identified as G. Shankar, was going on, he said when contacted by Bernama.
Seven people were rescued by fishermen soon after the boat sank near a buoy about two nautical miles off the Bagan Sungai Kajang beach during a ritual to sprinkle the ashes of a dead relative in the sea.
They are P. Alumalai; M. Sugamaran; V. Nagaswari; N. Sanmugan; C. Sabtayan; C. Sundraja and S. Partiven.
The five others who drowned were M. Kunasegaran, 57; A. Muniamah, 49; K.Logaraj, 29; M. Gnaswdree, 59; and G. Jaya Sangari, 27.
The boat carrying 14 people, nine of them family members and five boatmen, had set out from the Sungai Kajang fishermen’s jetty at about 3 pm on Thursday for the sprinkling of a dead relative’s ashes in the sea.
It sprang a leak and sank while returning to shore about two hours later following the ritual. — Bernama
