Surat Thani authorities on May 27 set up a rescue centre to start searching for a British man reported missing after a speed boat he was travelling in capsized near Samui Island in May 26. The incident also left three foreign tourists dead and four other injured
The rescue centre was searching for Jason Robert Parnell while authorities were also trying to retrieve wreckage of the craft stuck between submerged rocks.
Surat Thani police chief Apichart Boonsriroj said three speed boats with rescue workers on board also joined the search