Missing Chinese tourist found drowned

published : 3 Sep 2019 at 11:26

ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Achadthaya Chuenniran

Rescue workers on a jet ski approach the body of missing Chinese tourist Yin Lei, found floating off Freedom beach in Phuket province on Tuesday morning. (Photo by Achadtaya Chuenniran)

PHUKET: The body of Chinese tourist Yin Lei, 35, was found in the sea off Freedom beach on Tuesday morning. He had been missing since going swimming there on Sunday evening.

Phuket deputy governor Supote Rodruang na Nongkhai said a jet skier came across the body.

Yin arrived in a tour group of 15 last Saturday. He went swimming at the beach with seven friends on Sunday evening. He got into trouble in the strong surf and was swept away about 6pm.

Mr Supote advised tourists to follow lifeguards' warnings against swimming when the sea is rough.

Vocabulary

rough: (of a body of water) not calm or smooth - มีคลื่นมาก
surf (noun): large waves in the sea or ocean, and the white foam that they produce as they fall on the beach, on rocks, etc. - คลื่นที่ซัดฝั่ง
swept (past form sweep): moved quickly through an area; moved with powerful force - เคลื่อนไปอย่างรวดเร็ว, พัดพาเอาไป

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