After a diving trip in Malaysia, two Britons are among four tourists who have gone missing

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

The group, which also included a French woman and a Norwegian woman, vanished while practising diving off the coast of Mersing, Germany.

Malaysian authorities were looking for four Europeans, including two Britons, who went missing during diving training off the coast of a southern island on Thursday.

A 46-year-old British man, a 14-year-old British kid, an 18-year-old French lady, and a 35-year-old Norwegian woman are among the divers.

 

The four went missing while diving at an island nine nautical miles (16.5 kilometres) off the coast of Mersing in southern Johor state, according to the Malaysian maritime enforcement agency.

The search for the visitors began immediately after they went missing on Wednesday afternoon, but was put on hold for the night due to low visibility.
On Thursday morning, the search was restarted.

 

Malaysian borders reopened to outsiders on April 1 after being closed for over two years due of the Covid-19 outbreak.
More than 55,000 foreigners entered Malaysia in the first four days after the border opened, according to Malaysia's immigration authorities.