Doctor Hire Plane In Unsuccesful Bid To Find Fisherman In 1997

Four fishermen, 2 of them melanau’s students age 17 and 19 were lost in the sea after their boat engine broke down and the boat capsized in bad wheatear 20 kilometers out from South China Sea in January 1997.

  After rescuing effort by the rescue team for 15 days failed, the other fishermen never gave up and requested Dr. Teo to hire a private plane for 2 days to continue search for them. Fortunately at the same as the plane was circling up, a passing timber vessel spotted 2 of them in an ice box in the open sea in Bintulu water. 

These were the 2 young students. Same night, fortunately the 2 other in the other ice box was found under an oil rig (F16) in Tukau near Niah and was spotted by the cook on night duty. All 4 were saved. 

They thanked Dr. Teo for helping and saving their lives.    

Dr. Michael Teo recall his story, where he once involved in a rescue operation for four fisherman which sink at sea in 1997. He is generously hired a plane for purpose find and rescue at that times. The four fisherman is from Kampung Piasau Utara Miri.  At that time Dr. Michael Teo think that his responsibility to help those in distress and the experience helping them will not forgotten in his life.