Family hopes body of M'sian ship crew can be brought home soon
The family of Muhammad Isa Muhammad Veeramohan, a Malaysian vessel crew member who fell into the sea in the waters of Chittagong, Bangladesh last Wednesday, hopes the government can help speed up the body repatriation process.
The executive secretary of the National Union of Seafarers of Peninsular Malaysia (NUSPM) Ikmal Azam Thanaraj Abdullah said this...
The family of Muhammad Isa Muhammad Veeramohan, a Malaysian vessel crew member who fell into the sea in the waters of Chittagong, Bangladesh last Wednesday, hopes the government can help speed up the body repatriation process.
National Union of Seafarers of Peninsular Malaysia (NUSPM) executive secretary Ikmal Azam Thanaraj Abdullah said the victim's family expressed this when he met them yesterday.
"Until today, the body, found last Friday, is still at Chattogram Medical College Hospital and the family hopes that the process of repatriating the body will be expedited,” he told Bernama.
Based on media reports yesterday, the victim fell while installing a pilot ladder, and the rescue team found his body on May 10.
The incident reportedly happened a day after the ship arrived in the waters of Chittagong from Singapore.
- Bernama
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