Bodies of 3 women recovered after boat tragedy off Pangkor

Bodies of 3 women recovered after boat tragedy off Pangkor

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Bernama

The vessel was reported to be carrying 37 undocumented migrants from Indonesia.

MMEA officers retrieving the belongings of undocumented migrants after the boat they were travelling in capsized in waters off Pulau Pangkor on Monday. (MMEA pic)

LUMUT:

Authorities have recovered the bodies of three women in the waters off Pulau Pangkor believed to be among the victims of a capsized boat carrying undocumented migrants.

Marine police Region 1 operations command officer Mazre Che Mahmod said the bodies were discovered by the navy’s KD Sri Indera Sakti about 20 nautical miles from the location of the incident at about 6pm yesterday.

“An investigation to determine the identities of the three victims is ongoing,” he said.

Mazre said the latest discovery brought the total number of victims found so far to 30, after 23 of them were rescued on the first day of the search and rescue (SAR) operation on Monday.

Four bodies were found in the waters off Pulau Pangkor yesterday.

“We are still searching for seven more victims. The third day of the SAR operation resumed at 7am today, involving the marine police, the navy and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA),” he said.

The boat was carrying 37 undocumented migrants from Indonesia who reportedly departed from Kisaran for Malaysia on May 9.