Father and Son Missing After Fishing Boat Capsizes

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:21 pm

Cambodia News (Sihanoukville): According to the police, on September 14, at 14:00 pm in village 4, Tomnup Rolok commune, Steung Hav district, a fishing boat capsized approximately 100m offshore, which resulted in 2 people missing. The missing people were a father and son; a 47-year-old man whose name's Meak Siek, and a 14-year-old boy, Sorn Makara, and the authorities have continued searching for them.
The cause of the capsize has not been determined, but the weather at sea has been rough recently, and fishing boats were warned to take care.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Sep 15, 2021 4:40 pm

UPDATE

Cambodia News, Sihanoukville: The authorities continue to search for two people who went missing in a boat sinking incident 100m of the coast on Tuesday, in accordance with the orders of Major General Chuon Narin, Police Chief of Sihanoukville.
Unfortunately, as of 2pm on Wednesday, 15 September, 2021, the bodies had not been recovered.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:49 am

UPDATE: Father safe, but search continues for child.

September 15, 2021
Search continues for child lost at sea after boat gets caught in a storm
The search is still on for the child who was lost in Preah Sihanouk’s seas after the boat that he was in overturned after a storm caused large waves.
The father and son duo were at sea to fish. While they were out in the water, a storm brewed over the sea and caused the waves to grow bigger. Both of them were caught in the storm and the boat overturned. The father was able to get to shore, but the son was reported missing.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50935765/s ... n-a-storm/

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:37 am

Sihanoukville: The boy's body has been recovered. RIP.