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Migrant worker reported missing when crossing river

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-25
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

One of four migrant workers who were crossing a river in Changhua County to a sand bar to catch fish was reported drowning and missing on Sunday morning.

Fire Bureau of Changhua County received a report at 10:23 a.m. that one of the four migrant workers was drowning and went missing when they were crossing the Wu River in Hemei Township, Changhua County.

The county’s fire bureau dispatched 11 members of personnel, two boats, and five vehicles to search for the missing worker along the banks of the river.

According to police and the fire bureau, the missing migrant is a 37-year-old migrant worker from Thailand, who wears a blue long-sleeved shirt and khaki long pants. As of 2:30 p.m., the bureau had not found the missing worker and the search was continuing.     [FULL  STORY]

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