KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 -- A 55-year-old Malaysian national named Fauzey Awang was among three victims of the KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry disaster whose identities were confirmed yesterday, after nine days of search and rescue operations.

The Malaysian citizen was found in the waters off Perancak Beach, Bali, wearing blue jeans, a black and red checkered shirt, and Converse shoes.

His body was among those brought to Blambangan Regional Hospital in Banyuwangi for forensic identification procedures conducted by the National Police's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team.

The first victim, listed as casualty number 41, was identified as Novan Hardiansyah, a 14-year-old resident of Singojuruh, Banyuwangi, whose body was discovered on Wed...