KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities said Friday a 15th body was found and 27 people remain missing from two boat accidents, at a time when Indonesian illegal migrant workers head home for the fasting month of Ramadan.
Eighty-two people have been rescued so far in an ongoing search after the boats, believed to be bound for Sumatra, sank early Wednesday, said Mohamad Hambali Yaakup, an official with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).
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