JAKARTA - A Malaysian resident was reported to have drowned in the waters of Undan Island in the Malacca Strait.
Currently, the Search and Rescue Team (SAR) is in search of the foreigner.
As quoted in a press release from the Riau Provincial Government in Pekanbaru, the SAR Team from KN Dumai was deployed to help find Edrin Bin Baindim (25) in the waters on the border between Indonesia and Malaysia.
The SAR team assistance was sent following a request from the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRC) Putrajaya, Malaysia, to help find its residents who drowned in the waters of Undan Island.
"After receiving the email asking for help, we distributed information to relevant agencies to participate in monitoring. And if it is found we ask to inform the Pekanbaru SAR Office," said Head of Pekanbaru Search and Rescue Office I Nyoman Sidakarya quoting Antara, Sunday, February 12.
Pekanbaru Search and Rescue Office on Saturday, February 11 deployed 10 personnel to assist in the search for Malaysians who sank on Undan Island.
"The team that departed consisted of eight crew members and two rescuers to conduct a search at the location according to the MAP SAR," he said.
"Based on the calculation of the SAR MAP the movement of victims is estimated to be heading north-east of Rupat Island," he added.
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