Antara News, Sunday, April 4, 2010 03:22 WIB
Seoul/Incheon (ANTARA News) - South Korea`s Coast Guard on Saturday discovered the body of a second crew member from a fishing boat that sank in the Yellow Sea while returning from a search for clues to last week`s naval disaster.
The body, found floating 50 kilometers southwest of Daecheong Island, has been identified as that of 35-year-old Yusuf Haaefa of Indonesia, a crew member aboard the 99-ton Kumyang 98 fishing boat that sank late Friday, the Incheon Coast Guard said.
The fishing boat, with a crew of nine including two Indonesian nationals, was one of several vessels employed by authorities to help search for evidence that could shed light on why the 1,200-ton Navy corvette Cheonan sank on March 26 near the maritime border with North Korea.
The Taiyo-1 -- a Cambodian-registered freighter -- has been detained by authorities in relation to the sinking of the South Korean fishing boat. Earlier in the day, the Coast Guard found the body of 55-year-old crew Kim Jong-pyong not far from where the latest recovery was made.
The Coast Guard is currently using helicopters and patrol boats to search for the other members of the Kumyang 98 crew, with the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to pitch in with three fishing control vessels.
The Navy, meanwhile, said it discovered the hull of the ill-fated fishing boat 48 kilometers southwest of Daecheong and attached a marker buoy to identify it location.
