KOTA KINABALU: Authorities are still verifying the identity of a woman's body found in waters off Pulau Mengalum on Saturday morning. Commodore Adam said they would continue their search operation together with other agencies until all the missing five Chinese tourists and a local crewman are found. He added that searchers found a life jacket about 30 nautical miles from where the catamaran sank but said it was not from the ill-fated vessel. “We initially thought the life jacket was from one of the missing tourists. The search operation for the six missing people entered the ninth day on Sunday with a search area of 2,000 sq nautical miles.

Source: The Star February 05, 2017 04:02 UTC