Nine killed in boat capsize

By JASTIN AHMAD TARMIZI and A. RUBAN

BANTING: Sixty-one people have been rescued while nine bodies have been found following yesterday morning’s boat capsize about two nautical miles off Sungai Air Hitam here.

Selangor police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Abdul Samah Mat confirmed that those rescued included 12 women and a five-year-old girl.

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