Ten bodies have been found and 29 people are missing after a boat carrying suspected illegal migrants capsized off Malaysia
Ten bodies have been found and 29 people were missing after a boat carrying suspected illegal migrants capsized off Malaysia in bad weather.
The survivors and the boat were found on a beach in Tanjung Balau and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said a search and rescue operations had been launched for those missing. Another 20 men and two women were found alive following the voyage from a nearby Indonesian island, and have been taken into custody, he said.Those missing are believed to have fled into hiding or drowned, and authorities have deployed boats and an aircraft to hunt for them.
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