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Singapore police say body found is missing man from boat collision

Singapore police confirmed that the body found off Karimun Island, Indonesia, is that of Chua Muhammad Syafidi, the 37-year-old man missing since a boat collision on March 27th. Indonesian authorities discovered Syafidi's body on March 30th, three days after the incident involving a pleasure craft and a supply vessel off Singapore's Southern Islands.

SCMP’s Asia deskSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-04-06 · 04:48 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
Singapore police say body found is missing man from boat collision
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Singapore police confirmed that the body found off Karimun Island, Indonesia, is that of Chua Muhammad Syafidi, the 37-year-old man missing since a boat collision on March 27th. Indonesian authorities discovered Syafidi's body on March 30th, three days after the incident involving a pleasure craft and a supply vessel off Singapore's Southern Islands. Syafidi was one of three people aboard the pleasure craft, which sank after the collision; the other two were rescued. A 49-year-old man has been arrested for rash navigation of a vessel in connection with the incident. Syafidi was an engineering supervisor at Tower Transit Singapore, where he had worked for ten years.

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Syafidi was an engineering supervisor with Tower Transit Singapore for 10 years.

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A 49-year-old man was arrested for rash navigation of a vessel.

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Chua Muhammad Syafidi was missing after a collision between a pleasure craft and supply vessel on March 27.

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Indonesian authorities found Chua Muhammad Syafidi's body on March 30.

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Singapore police confirmed a body recovered off Karimun is that of Chua Muhammad Syafidi, missing since March 27.

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Singapore-police" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="98417" data-entity-type="organization">Singapore Police have confirmed that a body recovered from the sea off the Indonesian island of Karimun 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" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="98417" data-entity-type="organization">Singapore Police said a 49-year-old man was later arrested for rash navigation of a vessel.Syafidi was an engineering supervisor with Singapore" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="98420" data-entity-type="organization">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.01:57Singapore seniors leap into action in parkour class
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