PATTANI: The body of a man, believed to be a victim of tropical storm Pabuk, was found on the beach of Ban Pata Budi in tambon Laem Pho of Yaring district on Sunday morning.
Olarn Bilson, the Yaring district chief, led administrative officials and police to the beach to examine the swollen corpse. It could not yet be determined whether the body was of a crew member of a fishing boat that capsized in the sea off Laem Tachi area in tambon Laem Pho on Friday.
Of the six people on board the boat, four survived, one died and one went missing. The missing man was Chalong Chanthana.
Relatives of the missing man and the owner of the boat had been called to identify whether the body was of Chalong, Mr Olarn said.
The boat that capsized was salvaged and hauled to the pier of the marine office of Pattani.