KUCHING: The body of a man who was found floating in a river at Tanjung Bako this morning has been identified as the missing Thai national who fell off a fishing vessel on March 30.

Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) in a press statement said the body was found by a group of fishermen around 7.30am some 100 metres away from their operation post at the Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority (LKIM) jetty.