Tuesday, January 31, 2006
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Kuala Mersing fishermen may be as full of tall tales as any of their brethren around the world, but mention the waters around mysterious Pulau Sri Buat and they lapse into fearful whispers.
Here, there are stories of sea spirits, sudden storms, colleagues who never came back, and an uninhabited island nobody wants to set foot on.
This 10-nautical mile stretch around Pulau Sri Buat, Kuala Mersing and Kuala Endau has been dubbed the “Bermuda Triangle of Johor”.
Pulau Sri Buat has no freshwater but has a well-tended mango orchard, coconut trees planted in symmetrical rows, and a mysterious graveyard.
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Pulau Sri Buat has a history of danger and death.
Perhaps the most baffling case of missing persons occurred in June 1995, when four people vanished mysteriously at sea.
The bodies of Customs officer Mohd Salleh Buang, 48, his son Mohd Najib, 19, his businessman brother Mohd Buang, 45, and cousin Abdul Wahid Othman, 48, were never recovered.
They left Triang on a fishing trip near the island and never returned.
Their fibreglass boat was found a few days later in Nenasi, Pahang, bafflingly undamaged with their fishing rods and a parang still on board.
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