Fourteen people are reported safe among the estimated 50 aboard the boat, which turned over in adverse weather off southern Johor state around 4:30am local time.
A search and rescue mission is underway for 25 Indonesians after a boat capsized off Malaysia on Wednesday, killing 11 people maritime authorities said.Fourteen people have been reported safeThere were 14 people reported safe among the estimated 50, including undocumented migrants aboard the boat, which turned over in adverse weather off southern Johor state around 4:30am local time.
"The boat was believed to have travelled from Indonesia and capsized after being hit by strong waves," Johor maritime operations deputy director, Captain Simon Templer Lo Ak Tusa, told reporters.The accident is the latest in a string of disasters involving overloaded boats ferrying labourers seeking work in Malaysia.
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