Body Of Missing Woman Found At Tungku Beach
By Za'im Zaini & Haji Minor Absah

Bandar Seri Begawan - The body of the third drowning victim, who was reported missing Saturday, was found lying with her face buried in sand near the Tungku Beach yesterday morning by a group of joggers.

Twenty-one-year-old Filipino national, Maralla Raya, was one of the three who drowned while taking a dip in the rough sea at the Berakas Forest Reserve.

Filipino Maria Estella Pancho Lopez, 21, and a Malaysian man were the other two who were declared dead Saturday.

They were part of a group of foreign workers who had come on an outing to celebrate the birthday of their colleague.

An ambulance from the RIPAS Hospital was the first to arrive at the scene yesterday morning after receiving a call from a member of the public at 8.20am.

The Berakas Police District received a call at 8.45am from one of the joggers who stumbled upon the body, while the Search and Rescue team from the Fire and Rescue Department received a call at around 9.15am.

According to Assistant Station Officer, Md. Harris, of the Berakas Fire Station Diving Unit, `Between 30 and 40 personnel from the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, Royal Brunei Police Force and Fire and Rescue were searching for the body for the last 24 hours.

"The Berakas Forestry Reserve, which was closed to the public Saturday to facilitate the search and rescue operation, is now open," he added.

"We received the report at about 9.15am yesterday morning. The body was found by a jogger three kilometres from the scene of the mishap, near the Tungku Beach," he added.

The body was taken to the RIPAS Hospital mortuary.

Sources in the hospital told the Bulletin that another woman, who was revived using CPR after being pulled out of the waters Saturday, listed in critical condition and admitted to SIOU Saturday is currently in a stable condition. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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