Overview
- Police said a body recovered off Karimun in Indonesia on Mar 30 is believed to be the person missing from the Mar 27 crash near Singapore’s Southern Islands.
- Authorities identified the victim as 37-year-old Chua Muhammad Syafidi, according to local reports citing police statements.
- Police arrested a 49-year-old on suspicion of rash navigation as part of the ongoing investigation.
- Two others from the pleasure craft were rescued, and the sunken boat was recovered on Mar 30.
- Indonesian authorities retrieved the body and alerted Singapore police, reflecting routine cross-border coordination in the busy waters between both countries.