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Singapore thanks Fiji for rescuing man at sea for months

The 59-year-old Singaporean citizen, Wong Tetchoong encountered problems after setting out in early February to sail across the Pacific ocean.

After learning international borders were closing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and faced with currents too strong for him to turn back, Mr Wong sailed eastwards into the Pacific.

He was denied entry into Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands because of border restrictions.

TheĀ Fiji SunĀ reported he was also denied entry in Tuvalu, but locals provided him with food.