PUBLISHED: 27 Jul 2024 at 16: 26
PHUKET- On Saturday, the search for a , a Chinese tourist who had been swept ahead while swimming at Karon Beach on Thursday evening, resumed.
Qin Yuan, 27, was last seen at around 7.30pm on Thursday, officials from the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre Region 3 said on Saturday.
After being called in by Karon municipal officials, rescuers instantly began the search. The lost man could not be located despite being deployed with ships and jetskis.
Lifeguards informed him that a Taiwanese pair had rented a surfboard on Thursday night and had returned it around 6.30pm, according to Karon president Jadet Wicharasor.
The couple eventually went swimming at Karon Beach at approximately 7.30 p.m., according to Mr. Jadet. All lifeguards had already left the shore by that point, but they eventually learned that a Chinese person was searching for her husband it.
To give teams to search for the missing diver, the city and rescuers worked with local authorities, officers, and the Third Naval Fleet. According to the governor, the Chinese judicial office in Phuket was likewise carefully monitoring the research.
In addition to putting up red colors in high-risk areas and putting up warning signs in Chinese, English, Russian, and Thai, the city also raised red flags in high-risk areas to alert people to avoid swimming. Nevertheless, some people ignored the warnings.
Nine people, five of them immigrants, have drowned so far this year in Phuket, yet though 115 rescuers have been deployed at shores across the beach, according to statistics from the statewide office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.