A 20-year-old Acehnese arrived at Northport in Klang, Malasia today on board a South African vessel after being rescued on January 3, nine days after the tsunami struck.
Construction worker Rizal Shahputra had clung on to a floating tree trunk and survived on coconuts and floating food packets.
The slightly injured Rizal said he used a door knob to break open the coconuts.
He was spotted by the crew of a container vessel in the Indian Ocean 100 miles from the shores of Aceh province.
He also said he was with another Acehnese who went missing after a "few days."
He was the second person to be found alive at sea by Malaysian ships, days after the disaster.
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