Fire
horror: Four passengers drowned and three are still
missing when a ferry, the Seagull Express, with 106 people on board
caught fire and sank while on the way to Pulau
Tioman.
The
ferry that caught fire while heading for Pulau Tioman on Saturday,
leading to the death of four passengers, did not have a valid ship
licence and passenger certificate.
A Marine Department
spokesman said the licence for the Seagull Express had
expired on March 16 last year, while its passenger certificate had
an expiry date of March 18,
2005. 