JOHOR BARU: An illegal immigrant died and nine more are reported missing while 22 were saved when two boats carrying 32 Indonesians capsized off Tanjung Piai, near Pontian, Thursday.
Southern Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) operations director Captain Mohd Zubil Mat Som said MMEA were informed by the Tanjung Pelepas port control room at 7.45am that a ship, MV Sanne St John, had found a body floating about two nautical miles off Tanjung Piai.
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