SAR Team Searches For Chinese Citizen Who Disappeared At Long Pink Beach Labuan Bajo

The joint SAR team is searching for missing foreign tourists at Long Pink Beach, Komodo National Park, West Manggarai, NTT, Tuesday (3/10/2023). (ANTARA/HO-Basarnas Maumere)

The joint SAR team is still searching for foreign nationals (WNA), Yi Liu (27), who went missing while traveling around Long Pink Beach, Komodo National Park, Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, NTT.

"Currently, SAR operations are still ongoing at Long Pink Beach Labuan Bajo," said Head of the Maumere Basarnas Office who is also SARMission Coordinator Supriyanto Ridwan, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 3.

He explained the chronology of the incident obtained from the captain of the Qifadzah 03 tourist boat that the group arrived at Long Pink Beach at 08.30 WITA.

The captain suggested that all passengers get off to enjoy the natural beauty of the beach.

However, when all tourists were asked to board the ship and checked, the victim from China was not on the ship as was the passenger manifest.

"We found the video footage that at 09.16 WITA the victim was recorded walking on the beach wearing snorkeling clothes," he said.

The joint SAR team conducted searches both at sea and combing the savannas around the beach to confirm the whereabouts of the victims.

"Until 16.15 WITA (results, ed) the search was still nil," he said.