A Body of Chinese Tourist Found Floating Off Buleleng Beach

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On the afternoon of the 23rd of May, 2023, in Sambirenteng Village, Tejakula District, Buleleng, a foreign national from China was discovered dead off a beach. The Tejakula Police Chief has verified the unfortunate event.

According to reports, the victim was a 44-year-old Chinese tourist named Sonia Tung Wen Chyi. Her dead body was discovered floating in the ocean. Police believe she was drowned while swimming.

The Chinese tourist’s lungs had absorbed too much water. However, more investigation is required to ascertain the precise cause of death, according to a written statement from Tejakula Police Chief Gede Sudiana.

Sudiana said that Sonia has been living alone at Hollyway Garden Villa since the 15th of May. Sonia was last seen swimming by herself on the beach to the north of the property on the 23rd of May at about 3:15.,witnesses at the location reported to the authorities. 

Body of Chinese Tourist Found Floating Off Dead at Buleleng Beach
Source Warta Bali

The Chinese tourist was discovered shortly after floating face-down in the ocean. Nicolas Benjamin Schindler, a French traveller who was staying at the same villa, was the first person to found her lifeless body.

The witness was using his laptop while seated in the property’s yard. “He saw the victim floating face down in the middle of the sea,” Sudiana said.

Nicolas was so shocked that he immediately informed the villa’s management about the incident. The Chinese tourist was dragged to the shore by both of them. The incident was then reported to the police by villa staff members.

Officers from the Tejakula Police Department and a medical crew from the Tejakula Health Centre arrived at the crime scene. No evidence of violence was discovered on the body of the Chinese tourist, according to the assessment done at the crime scene.

“For the time being, her body remains in the Sanglah General Hospital in Denpasar, along with a request for an autopsy to ascertain the cause of death. Tejakula Police are still in charge of this matter,” Sudiana added.

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