It was found 23 nautical miles from their last location.
The search was launched after the two fishermen had set off from Pontian to fish but failed to return home.
JOHOR BAHRU: The body of one of two fishermen reported missing on Thursday in the waters off Pulau Pisang, near Pontian, was found today. Johor Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency director Aminuddin Abdul Rashid said the body was found floating in the waters off Tanjung Laboh, Batu Pahat, at 8.15am.
“The body was found by a search and rescue team from the Batu Pahat Maritime zone at 23.5 nautical miles northwest from the last location of the missing fishermen,” Aminuddin said in a statement here today.On Thursday, fishermen Mohd Yusni Mohd Yusof, 43, and his cousin, Mohd Khair Ismail, 38, went to the sea to catch fish but failed to return home.
Worried, their families lodged a police report the following day, and the search operation was undertaken, involving the MMEA, the Malaysian Civil Defence Force , the Fire and Rescue Department, the marine police force and local fishermen.
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