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UPDATED: 5 bodies of Sungai Kemena boat tragedy found

BINTULU: A total of six bodies of the Sungai Kemena boat tragedy recovered while one still missing.

Rescuers found three more bodies along the river between 9am to 11am.

Earlier, the bodies of female victim and a boy were recovered, at 7am and 9am, respectively.

The five bodies found today were identified as identified as Zunai Anjan, 45, Stanley Tony, 9, Diana Embuas, 13, Adreyna Liz Lakin, 10 and Ganing Mat, 60.

In the 2.30pm incident yesterday, a long boat carrying seven passengers and a boat driver capsized after hitting a barge.

The first victim recovered two hours after the accident, identified as Jaba Lembang, 63.

Meanwhile, the boat driver Jonnie Ganeng, 31, managed to swim to the riverbank

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