Family of Singaporean diver missing in Palau shares grief: 'Let Dad rest peacefully in the ocean he loved'
The family of missing Singaporean diver Robert Tan Soon Liang said they have "found some peace" in knowing the ocean is their father's final resting place."He held immense reverence for the ocean and has always expressed that, when his time came, he wished to return to the sea," said the family in a statement shared by 360watersports.smb, the social media page of Scuba Schools International in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, on Sept 17."Although we wish deeply that he could come home to us, we find comfort in knowing that he now rests in the place he loved so dearly."Tan, 62, and fellow diver Xiaoxi Wu, a 43-year-old Chinese national, went missing during a dive on Sept 7 in Palau, an island nation north of Indonesia. The search was called off after five days.Tan began diving in 1994 and held a Scuba Schools International Instructor Certifier qualification, logging more than 5,100 dives.