BINTAN, Indonesia: A Singaporean man drowned and
another was missing after high waves struck while they were
swimming off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Saturday, police
said.
Three Singaporeans were swimming off Trikora beach
in Bintan island when they were dragged out to
sea.
"One of them managed to swim to shore and sought
help from local people," the police chief in Gunung Kijang town,
Rahmat Djantan, told AFP.
A body was found 30 minutes later.
"Rescuers are still searching for the missing man, aged 41," he
said.
The three were followers of the moderate Tabligh movement, whose
missionaries travel the globe to preach Islam. Police said they had
been on the island for 40 days.
-AFP/ac
