Missing PNG observer

Missing PNG Observer confirmed

Loop PNG has confirmed that the NFA received a report last week on the disappearance of, James Junior Numbaru, a ‘Fisheries Observer’ with NFA.

At the time he was aboard the Chinese-flagged purse seiner vessel Feng Xiang No. 818.

According to the Pacific Guardian the vessel was drifting in Nauru waters when Numbaru was reported missing around 2am on Wednesday. The coordinates where the incident occurred: 00°22′S,167°53′E.