PRISON AT SEA
An Indonesian fisherman looks into the hold of a wooden fishing boat used by a human trafficking syndicate to transport nearly 600 mostly Rohingya migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh anchored at Lhokseumawe fishing port located in Indonesia’s Aceh province on May 13, 2015. Thousands of migrants believed to be stranded at sea without food and water could die unless Southeast Asian governments act urgently to rescue them, migrant groups and the UN warned May 12. AFP PHOTO
An Indonesian fisherman looks into the hold of a wooden fishing boat used by a human trafficking syndicate to transport nearly 600 mostly Rohingya migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh anchored at Lhokseumawe fishing port located in Indonesia’s Aceh province on May 13, 2015. Thousands of migrants believed to be stranded at sea without food and water could die unless Southeast Asian governments act urgently to rescue them, migrant groups and the UN warned May 12. AFP PHOTO
LANGKAWI, Malaysia: Malaysia on Wednesday joined Indonesia in vowing to turn back vessels ferrying a wave of migrants to Southeast Asian shores, deepening the misery facing boatloads of people who advocates say are at risk of starvation and disease.