A Spanish couple — among four people who were found by Vietnamese fishermen yesterday — will reunite with their family members soon.
Relatives of David Hernandez Gasulla, 29, and his girlfriend Martha Miguel, 30 will meet the couple in Kota Kinabalu, the Star Online reports.
The Spaniards — along with China national Tommy Lam Wai Yin and Malaysian Armilla Alihassan — went missing in their small boat off the coast of Sabah on May 2.
“We heard from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) that they were found by the Vietnamese fishing vessels and apparently the lady (Miguel) had contacted her family through a satellite telephone on board the vessel,” The Star Online quoted Spanish Ambassador to Malaysia Carlos Dominguez Diaz as saying.
Gasulla and Miguel are reportedly in ‘good health, very relieved, happy and thankful’.
“Our Foreign Affairs Minister also spoke to (his Malaysian counterpart) Datuk Seri Anifah Aman and expressed his appreciation. We are also very thankful to the fishermen who found them,” Diaz was quoted further.
According to the New Straits Times, the boat had left Pulau Balambangan, Banggi but failed to reach its destination at Simpang Mengayau; a journey that would have taken them just two and a half hours.
The owner of the boat then lodged a report.
