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One found dead after jumping overboard
Four days after being reported missing in the Malacca Strait a shipâs crewman, identified as M
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our days after being reported missing in the Malacca Strait a ship's crewman, identified as M. Kharis Suhud, was found floating dead in Tanjung Jati Luar waters in Riau province on Sunday.
Kharis, 22, a resident of Sepahat village, Bukit Batu district, Bengkalis regency, was one of three crew members of a pompong (small boat) who jumped into the sea on the way home from Malaysia on Thursday when they heard gunshots coming from a Customs and Excise patrol boat. Two of the crew survived while Kharis went missing.
'The search was a bit difficult because of bad weather. But finally Kharis was found still near the location where he jumped,' said Bengkalis Search and Rescue post head Likopa Nop Thilos.
It is still unclear who chased the crew. Nor is the whereabouts of Suhud's pompong known, or the reason why the crew would avoid a patrol boat.
Law Enforcement Unit head of the Bengkalis Maritime Police Chief Brig. Teguh Rahmad said one of the survivors said boat had 'BC 1603' on its hull. 'But we have checked with Bengkalis Customs. They don't have a patrol boat with that number.'
