PASIR PUTEH (Bernama): "We had to swim for a good 14 hours, ” said skipper Tuan Azhar Tengku Long, one of the four fishermen rescued after their fishing boat sunk in Pulau Perhentian waters Thursday (Dec 31) evening.
Recalling their harrowing moment, Tuan Azhar said all of them jumped into the sea after their boat was hit by waves up to four metres high at about 1.30pm.
"We were then hauling the fishing nets into the boat and did not realise that the waves were getting bigger and seawater had inundated the boat interior," he said when met by reporters at the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Jetty, Tok Bali here on Friday (Jan 1).