Missing teen Dutch diver confirmed dead
SHAH ALAM – Dutch teenager who disappeared while diving off Pulau Tokong Sanggol in Mersing, Johor with three others has died, according to his father.
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director First Admiral Nurul Hizam Zakaria said the 14-year old victim’s father, British national Adrian Peter Chesters, 46, informed this to the authorities, reported Bernama.
Nurul Hizam said Chesters told this to the authorities after he was rescued, together with Alexia Alexandra Molina, 18, from France by local fishermen at a location south of Pengerang, near Kota Tinggi, at 1am today.
"The Maritime Rescue Sub Centre (MRSC) Johor Bahru has informed the Indonesian authorities to help locate the teenager who is believed to have died and drifted into Indonesian waters,” he said.
He said the search and rescue operation ended at 1.30pm today after the three victims were found.
In the incident on Wednesday afternoon, four foreign divers were reported missing while diving in the waters of Pulau Tokong Sanggol, about nine nautical miles from Tanjung Leman.
Norwegian diving coach Kristine Grodem, 35, was first to be found safe, fully suited in diving gear by a tugboat en route from Indonesia to Thailand at 8.15am on Thursday.
