Singapore police say body found is missing man from boat collision

Chua Muhammad Syafidi.

Photo: Facebook/Tower Transit Singapore Singapore police have confirmed that a body recovered from the sea off the Indonesian island of Karimunin is that of a 37-year-old man who has been missing since March 27 after a collision between two boats.

The police said on Sunday that Indonesian authorities had found the body of Chua Muhammad Syafidi floating in the sea off the island to the southwest of Singapore at about 3pm on March 30, according to The Straits Times. “The body, believed to be the missing person from the collision between a pleasure craft and supply vessel off the Southern Islands on March 27, was found motionless and subsequently retrieved from the waters,” police said, as quoted by CNA.

There were three people aboard the pleasure craft when it sank.

The other two were rescued while an underwater search was called to find Syafidi, the Maritime and Port Authority said in a media statement on the same day.

Singapore police said a 49-year-old man was later arrested for rash navigation of a vessel.

Syafidi was an engineering supervisor with Tower Transit Singapore, the bus operator said in a social media post on Sunday.

He had been with the company for 10 years, rising from vehicle technician to his supervisory post, it added.

Described in the post as a “talented and creative engineer who loved to learn and grow”, Syafidi was due to attend a graduation ceremony on May 5 after completing a part-time diploma in operations and engineering management.

Tower Transit extended its condolences to his wife, children and family.

Syafidi was laid to rest on Sunday afternoon, with 100 of his colleagues attending his burial.

His sister shared a photo of her with her brother, calling him her “dearest Abang Adi” on Sunday, AsiaOne news portal reported. “I would have asked you and your family out more often, because even a simple dinner/trips with you could light up everyone’s hearts.

Your jokes, your laughter, your presence … it was enough to make everyone laugh,” she wrote.

She remembered him as someone who would help anyone in need. “Your heart was just that kind … Everyone who knew you loves you dearly and your absence has left such a deep emptiness in our lives.

It will never be the same without you after this.”

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