Two more stowaways found drowned in Tanjung Penyusup

KOTA TINGGI: Following a case of 24 illegal Indonesian immigrants who went missing in the waters off Tanjung Penyusup, after jumping off their boat yesterday, two more victims were found drowned by a team rescue. Deputy Captain Sanifah Yusof said the victims were a woman and a man between 20 and 50 years old.

He said the two bodies were found by a rescue team and fishermen at 9:50 am. I am and 11:10 am today in the waters of Ramunia Bay and near the pier of the Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority in Tanjung Penyusup

The bodies were then transported to the 39, Kota Tinggi Hospital. number of victims found so far to 10 people, five alive and five dead. A total of 14 more were still to be found.

Sanifah said that the search and rescue operation for the victims was extended from 60 nautical miles (yesterday) to 80 nautical miles today to increase the potential of finding survivors. There are opportunities for survivors because the distance between the stage and the beach is only 100 to 500m, so we will not stop until there is no the slightest idea, "he said. It was found that all the stowaways were actually directed by the boat's captain to jump off the boat because of the low tide.

" Initially, they would have jumped by Above board to save themselves from the sinking ship, but they were in fact "Therefore, we want to remind Indonesian workers to use the entries published in the Gazette because when they take illegal routes, they play their life, "he added. Bernama [19659011] window.fbAsyncInit = function () {
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