A Korean tourist drowned after falling from the cliff line at Dump Coke, a fishing area on Tinian, Tuesday night, according to the Department of Public Safety yesterday.<\/p>\n
Hoseung Joung, 29, was transported to the Tinian Health Center where he was pronounced dead at 11:25pm due to fluid in the lungs.<\/p>\n
DPS spokesperson Lei Ogumoro said yesterday that on Tuesday at 9:38pm, Tinian DPS received a report of an individual who fell into the ocean from a cliff near the Dump Coke area.<\/p>\n
Ogumoro said a preliminary investigation showed that three tour guide agents picked up Joung and seven other Korean tourists from Tinian Dynasty at 5:30pm that day.<\/p>\n
The tour guide agents brought Joung and seven companions to Dump Coke to go cliff line fishing. At 7pm, the group had dinner and some of them were drinking alcohol.<\/p>\n
Before returning to Tinian Dynasty, witnesses noticed that Joung was nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n
Several of the witnesses went looking for Joung and later found him floating face down in the ocean near the cliff line.<\/p>\n
After Tinian police were notified, Tinian Boating Safety officers responded and picked up the victim.<\/p>\n
Ogumoro said the case was forwarded to the Office of the Attorney General for further investigation.<\/p>\n
Last Dec. 23, a Japanese tourist drowned while swimming with his daughter at Micro Beach in Garapan, Saipan.<\/p>\n
Last Nov. 22, a fishing boat crew member reportedly drowned when he fell into the ocean near the island of Guguan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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