The body of a Chinese national was found floating Friday morning, Jan. 13, in the waters off a mining port causeway at Barangay Bato-bato, Narra town in Palawan. | GeraldTicke /PDI
Reports from the Palawan Police Provincial Office said the body of Xu Yongsheng, 34, an electrician at the DMCI Power Plant and a resident of Bato-bato, was found around 50 meters from the port.Investigators from the Narra Municipal Police Office revealed that Xu was walking around 7 p.m. Thursday with a colleague identified only as Mr. Zhang around 7 p.m. The two then went to the other side of the port for a swim.
Later on, Zhang said he had a stomach ache and returned to their staff house. But when Zhang returned to the port, Xu was missing.
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