Banda Aceh, Aceh, Nov. 2 -- Joint search-and-rescue teams are searching for a 60-year-old fisherman reported missing in the Malacca Strait off Idi Cut, East Aceh District, Aceh Province, police said.

East Aceh Police Water and Air Police Unit Chief Adjunct Commissioner Ade Candra said the missing fisherman was Abdul Mutalib, a resident of Alue Ie Itam Village, Peudawa Subdistrict.

"Abdul Mutalib was reported missing on Wednesday night (October 28) while fishing with 25-year-old Sawalludin in a small motorized boat," he said here Monday.

Ade said the incident occurred about three nautical miles off Idi Cut beach when the boat's steering mechanism broke as the two men headed back to Peudawa.

Mutalib then dived beneath the boat to repair...