Navy chief confirms gunboat missing on Sabah waters
Astro Awani | Updated: October 06, 2014
(First published on: October 06, 2014 00:02 MYT)
Filepic of the CB 204 gunboat of the Malaysian navy. The gunboat is reportedly missing after it lost contact with navy ship KD Paus, which was escorting it to base on Sunday.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) chief Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar has confirmed that authorities have reportedly lost all communication with the RMN gunboat CB 204 while en route to Gugusan Semarang Peninjau on Sabah waters.
There are seven officers on the gunboat, he said in his Twitter.
The gunboat’s last known position was 20 nautical miles northeast Pulau Mengalum around 1.05pm Sunday.
RMN ship KD Paus was instructed to escort CB 204 and had departed from the Kota Kinabalu navy base (PTKK) at 5am.
At 10.30am, the operating room of the Wilayah Laut II headquarters (MWL 2) had received a call from KD Paus informing the ship and gunboat would be turning back to the PTKK due to bad weather.
However, at 1.05pm, KD Paus failed to establish communication with the gunboat. The ship then launched a search between Pulau Mengalum and Pulau Gaya but was unsuccessful.
Ships from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) have been instructed to join the search and rescue (SAR) mission.
KD Lekiu and KD Serang departed PTKK to Pulau Mengalum at 5.30pm to join the SAR mission.
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Tags: Abdul Aziz Jaafar, Royal Malaysian Navy, KD Paus, gunboat, CB 204, Gugusan Semarang Peninjau
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