A British man, who disappeared during a diving trip in Malaysia, was found alive after drifting in the sea for more than two days, however, the authorities have canceled the search for his son.
Adrian Peter Chesters, of 46 years old, disappeared while diving last Wednesday near Pulau Tokong Sanggol, a small island off the southern coast of the country with his son Nathan, of 14 years old, and a French diver.
A fisherman rescued Chesters and the French diver Alexia Molina, from 15 years, after seeing them early on Saturday morning.
“It is reported that both individuals are in stable condition,” said Mersing District Police Chief Cyril Edward Nuing, adding that they had been taken to hospital.
The rescuers continued to search for the Dutch son from Chester, but efforts were called off after his rescued father said he had drowned after being too weak, authorities said.
Chesters told police he had died because he was too weak, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said.
A spokesperson said that they notified the Indonesian authorities to continue searching for the body, however, the search operation in Malaysia has been cancelled.
Chesters, his son and Molina were part of a group of four diving in the waters of 14 meters deep at about 10 miles off the coast of Mersing, in the southern state of Johor.
The fourth person, Kristine Grodem, a Norwegian diving instructor, was found safe by a tug on Thursday, who said she had been offering diving training to the group, who were seeking advanced diving licences.
She told officials that the group surfaced about an hour after his dive on Wednesday, but was unable to find his boat.
She was later separated from the others after getting caught in strong currents.
Grodem was rescued by a tugboat and then airlifted by a seaplane, Johor maritime officials said.
The police said that the skipper of the boat security, a man of about 04 years old, was arrested after a urine test identified methamphetamine.
“The instructor tried to keep them all together, but they got separated,” explained Mersing Police Chief Superintendent Cyril Edward, and the alarm sounded about an hour after they were unable to resurface from the dive.
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