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Missing teen Dutch diver dead, father tells officials

Dutch teenage diver Nathen Renze Chesters, 14, who went missing with three others at Tokong Sanggol Island last Wednesday, has died of exhaustion, according to his father.

Johor Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director First Maritime Admiral Nurul Hizam Zakaria said the victim’s father, British national Adrian Peter Chesters, 46, told this to the authorities after he was rescued, together with French woman Alexia Alexandra Molina, 18, by local fisherfolk at a location south of Pengerang, near Kota Tinggi, at 1am today.

“The Maritime Rescue Sub Centre (MRSC) Johor Bahru has...

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