PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has launched a search and rescue operation for two missing individuals after an Indonesian cargo vessel sank off Tanjung Keling in Melaka, near here.
MMEA director-general Maritime Admiral Datuk Zulkifli Abu Bakar said they received a report from the Marine Department at about 9.25am on Wednesday that the container vessel KM Avatar was partially submerged about 11 nautical miles from Tanjung Keling.
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