PASIR GUDANG: The Johor state government will bear the medical treatment costs of foreign divers who were found safe after being reported missing while undergoing diving training at Pulau Tokong Sanggol, Mersing on Wednesday.
Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said the two divers found safe earlier today were sent to a hospital in Pasir Gudang.
"They are unstable but recovering. Doctors are doing their best to make sure they recover quickly.
"On the part of the state government, we will bear their medical expenses," he said after visiting the two at a private hospital, here.
They were found by local fishermen at 1am today, in the southern waters of Pengerang near the Indonesian waters.
They were British national Adrian Peter Chesters, 46, and French woman Alexia Alexandra Molina, 18.
However, Chesters' son Nathan Renze, 14, a Dutch national, is still missing.
On Thursday, a Norwegian divemaster Kristine Grodem, 35, was found safe and taken to the Mersing Mini Stadium by helicopter at about 12.05pm and then brought to the Mersing Hospital for treatment.
Grodem was found by a tugboat en route from Indonesia to Thailand, at 30 nautical miles away from the location where the group was believed to have gone missing.
Meanwhile, Bernama reported Onn Hafiz as saying that the Johor government has sought Indonesia's help in the search and rescue operation for Chesters' son.
He said this was based on observation that Nathen could have been swept into Indonesian waters.
"We are asking help from everyone in the international waters. All quarters in the area, Indonesia and Malaysia, we have to work together to save and find the fourth victim," he said.