ANOTHER MIGRANT TRAGEDY
This handout photo released on September 3 by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency shows a rescue team carrying a victim retrieved from a search operation near the area where a boat carrying Indonesian migrants sank in Hutan Melintang. At least 15 migrants drowned after an overcrowded boat carrying up to 100 people sank off the coast of Malaysia. Rescuers were searching for dozens of Indonesians still missing hours after their small wooden vessel disappeared beneath the waves.
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This handout photo released on September 3 by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency shows a rescue team carrying a victim retrieved from a search operation near the area where a boat carrying Indonesian migrants sank in Hutan Melintang. At least 15 migrants drowned after an overcrowded boat carrying up to 100 people sank off the coast of Malaysia. Rescuers were searching for dozens of Indonesians still missing hours after their small wooden vessel disappeared beneath the waves.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities on Friday stepped up a search for survivors from a boat that sank while crammed with Indonesian migrants as the death toll rose to 15, the Malaysian coastguard said.