The MPA is searching for Mr Mohd Aidil, who fell overboard a tanker
on Monday. (AFP file photo)
UPDATE
Police have found
a body, believed to be that of the Singaporean man who fell
overboard a ship on Monday, in the waters off East Coast Park
yesterday afternoon.
A spokesperson for
the Maritime
and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said in a statement
late last night that the body is believed to be that of 26-year-old
shipping agent Mohammad Aidil.
Aidil, who worked
for Aegean Shipping Service, was on board the Singapore-registered
bunker tanker MT Lefkas at about 4pm on Monday, when the incident
occurred.
The ship was about
3.2km south-west of Bedok Jetty when he was believed to have lost
his balance while trying to catch a canned drink that was tossed to
him from a neighbouring vessel.
The MPA expanded
its search and rescue zone on Tuesday to cover the area from
Sentosa to Changi East, from its initial boundaries of Marina South
Pier and Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal.