Migrant boat that sank off Thai-Malaysia border was carrying around 70 people, Malaysia says
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Migrant boat that sank off Thai-Malaysia border was carrying around 70 people, Malaysia says
by DZRH News10 November 2025
A staff member of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency searches for victims of a boat from Buthidaung, Myanmar, that sank near the Malaysia–Thailand border, during a search and rescue operation close to Langkawi, Malaysia November 9, 2025. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency/Handout via REUTERS
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (Reuters) - A boat carrying members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya community that sank in waters near the Thailand-Malaysia border was carrying around 70 people, while the status of another boat with about 230 passengers remains unclear, Malaysian authorities said on Monday.
Seven bodies had been recovered and 13 survivors found during Malaysia's search, an official from its maritime authority told a press conference.
Thai officials earlier on Monday said their search had found four dead.
(Reporting by Reuters staff; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by David Stanway)
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