JOHOR BARU: Six members of a family from Pakistan holidaying in Malaysia were among nine people who drowned early Tuesday when a boat carrying 10 people capsized off Johor in the South China Sea.
The only survivor of the tragedy, which occurred in waters off Teluk Ramunia near here, was a 14-year-old boy from the family, whom the Pakistan High Commission in Kuala Lumpur identified as Aqeel Qirkeel.
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