Kuala Terengganu police chief Azli Mohd Noor said that Ahmad Nasaruddin Muhamad, 35, was found by restaurant workers at around 9.34pm, approximately 1km from where he had fallen overboard.

“We received a call from the public via the MERS 999 system,” he said, adding that Nasaruddin’s body was taken to Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital for a post-mortem and identified by his father and wife.

Nasaruddin’s sister, Siti Zarina Muhammad said that while the family was deeply saddened, they were relieved that the body of her youngest brother had been found.

She said her brother had only a small wound on his head, believed to have been inflicted by a hard object during the fall.

“My late brother leaves behind his wife, who is eight months pregnant, and four daughters aged between four and 10,” she said.