{"id":102608,"date":"2025-11-09T20:14:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T20:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=102608"},"modified":"2025-11-09T20:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T20:14:49","slug":"one-dead-scores-missing-after-migrant-boat-sinks-near-malaysia-thailand-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=102608","title":{"rendered":"One dead, scores missing after migrant boat sinks near Malaysia-Thailand border"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dozens of people are missing and one person has died after a boat carrying migrants sank near the border between Thailand and Malaysia.<\/p>\n

The vessel is believed to have capsized near the southern Thai island of Ko Tarutao on Thursday, the Malaysian Coast Guard said.<\/p>\n

Ten people have been rescued and the body of a woman was found floating in the sea.<\/p>\n

Maritime officials believe the victims are part of a group of about 300 people who had been travelling on a larger vessel before splitting onto small boats as they approached Malaysia.<\/p>\n

Those rescued near the Malaysian resort of Langkawi include three Myanmar men, two Rohingya men and one Bangladeshi man, according to Malaysia\u2019s state-run agency Bernama, quoting a police chief.<\/p>\n

The body found in the water was that of a Rohingya woman, the report added.<\/p>\n

Efforts to look for more survivors are underway.<\/p>\n

The mostly-Muslim Rohingya community has fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar in huge numbers in recent years to escape persecution.<\/p>\n

Conflict and conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh have also continued to push vulnerable people onto overcrowded vessels as they seek a better life in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

Officials say many of those fleeing would have paid more than $3,000 (\u00a32,300) for passage.<\/p>\n

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