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Body of Malaysian sailor recovered from a ship in Ctg Port
Body of Malaysian sailor recovered from a ship in Ctg Port
Chattogram, May 10 - The body of a Malaysian citizen who went missing after falling from a foreign flagged ship, has been recovered from Chittagong Port.
A team of Coast Guard recovered the body and sent it to the morgue, Coast Guard (East Zone) Media Officer Lt Commander (BN) Md Suaib Bikas said. Later, the body was handed over to the local police, added the officer.
The deceased Malaysian was identified as Muhammad Isa bin Muhammad Birmohan, 31. He was working as a sailor on the vessel.
Birmohan fell into the sea while working on the deck of the MTT Sapangar ship at the outer anchorage of Chittagong port on May 8.
Since then, the members of the Coast Guard conducted extensive rescue operations.
Around 4pm on Friday, the Coast Guard found the floating body at some distance from the outer anchorage . -UNB