The area from where the boat carrying Tommy Lam and others went missing. Photo: Courtesy Google Maps
A Hongkonger and three others who went missing 11 days ago in Malaysian waters have been picked up by Vietnamese fishing vessels, Malaysian officials said on Thursday.
Tommy Lam along with Spanish nationals David Hernandes Gasulla and Martha Miguel and Malaysian Armilla Alihassan went missing in their small boat on May 2 in waters off the northern tip of Borneo island.
They are now expected to be brought back to the Malaysian city of Kota Kinabalu on Borneo. No other details were available.
But Malaysian coast guard and naval ships conducting a search discovered them aboard Vietnamese fishing trawlers on Thursday morning, the coast guard said.
"All four missing people are alive. They are on board some Vietnamese fishing trawlers on the high seas," coast guard chief Ahmad Puzi said.
Malaysian fishermen over the weekend recovered an engine entangled in their net that was believed to be from the missing vessel, prompting fears that the boat had sunk.
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