A boat carrying Rohingya people fleeing Myanmar has capsized near the Thai-Malaysian maritime border, killing at least 11 people and leaving hundreds missing. Malaysian authorities recovered seven bodies on Sunday, including five women and a girl. Teams have rescued 13 survivors so far, according to Romli Mustafa, head of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in the region.
Thai authorities said on Monday that they had recovered four bodies, including those of two children. The vessel went down off Thailand’s Ko Tarutao island, just north of Malaysia’s Langkawi Island. Authorities said the boat was carrying about 70 people and was part of a larger group of about 300 Rohingya who departed Myanmar’s Rakhine state three days earlier on board multiple vessels.
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