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KOTA TINGGI: About 24 people disappeared after a cargo of Indonesians was forced to swim up to the coast while attempting to enter Johor illegally.
It is learned that the operator forced the passengers to jump off the boat and swim Sanifah Yusof, deputy director of operations of Johor, said the incident occurred around 7:30 on 28 July, about 11 nautical miles off Tanjung Penyusop. 19659002] "Five of them managed to swim to the shore while three others drowned," he said in a statement released Saturday.
Sanifah says the survivors include two women and three men while one woman and two men drowned. 19659002] He said that MMEA had also received calls from the public that found five survivors along the Tanjung Penyusop beach.
He added that after talking to the survivors, the authorities believe that he is missing about 24 people.
Sanifah said the search and rescue operation aimed at locating the missing Indonesians was triggered around 7:15 am by 36 members of the MMEA, Police, Fire and Rescue Department and the 39; army.
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