KUALA TERENGGANU: The South Korean crew Choi Tae Won, 64, who sustained cuts on his belly following a gas leakage in a vessel on Wednesday, was referred to the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia in Kubang Kerian.
State Health, Women Development, Family and Community committee chairman Mohd Pahemi Yusof said the victim was sent to Kelantan this morning for further treatment.
However, Tae Won was reported to be in stable condition.
Mohd Pahemi said the other victim, a Myammar crew Khine Zin Lin, 28, who broke his right leg is still being warded at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital in Kuala Terengganu.
On Wednesday, two crew in the vessel were killed while two others injured following an explosion caused by a gas leakage in the vessel near Pulau Kapas .
A South Korean Soh Oh Weon , 56 and a Myanmar national Zaw Myo Htut, 23, were burnt to death in the incident.
State Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency ( MMEA ) chief Maritime Captain G. Xavier Theradas said a South Korean vessel DL CALLA was found at about 26 nautical miles off Pulau Kapas at 7pm.
Theradas said the South Korean vessel with 23 crew was on its way to a port in Thailand to unload its cargo of liquefied natural gas.