12 bodies found after South China Sea typhoon shipwreck: official

Twelve bodies have been found following a shipwreck in the South China Sea over the weekend that left the crew of 30 missing. (File/AFP)

BEIJING: Twelve bodies have been found following a shipwreck in the South China Sea over the weekend that left the crew of 30 missing, Chinese authorities said Monday.
“As of 3:30 p.m. on July 4, rescue forces found and recovered 12 bodies, suspected to be of victims who drowned, in an area around 50 nautical miles southwest of the site where the vessel sank,” said the Guangdong Maritime Search and Rescue Center in a notice.