According to a report by the Oriental Daily News of Malaysia, a Malaysian ship working in an oil well off Miri, Sarawak, was suspected of breaking the anchor rope due to a huge wave. The ship hit the oil derrick and jumped into the sea. Of the 125 people who escaped from the sea, one died and four others. The whereabouts are unknown.

The accident occurred at 6:45 today. The rescue center under the Maritime Safety Administration of Malaysia received a report confirming the accident. The accident occurred 7.7 nautical miles from the south coast of Kuala Lumpur.

The Director of the Enforcement Bureau of the Malaysian Maritime Safety Administration Datuk Zubir stated that the rescue center in Putrajaya received a report from the Sapura Construction vessel, which received an emergency signal from the Dayang Topaz vessel.

“The Sapura Construction vessel went to the site of the incident to track the exact location of the Dayang Topaz vessel.”

According to public reports, 62 crew members were still aboard the Dayang Topaz ship when it sank, and 125 crew members jumped into the sea.

The Malaysian Maritime Safety Administration in Miri immediately dispatched three ships and a small boat, together with seven ships owned by Petronas and Shell, to rescue the incident.

The Malaysian Maritime Safety Administration confirmed that as of 8:45 a.m., 121 of the 125 people who jumped into the sea had been rescued, one had died unfortunately, and the whereabouts of four were unknown.

He said that all the crew members found had been rescued by rescue materials and ships that arrived at the scene.

The Malaysian Maritime Bureau of Putrajaya is currently actively implementing further coordination to find and rescue the four Dayang Topaz crew members who are still missing.