Body found floating where barge sank off Johor


JOHOR BARU: A man’s body has been found floating in the sea off Johor where a Bolivian-registered barge sank on Wednesday. 

A search and rescue team, led by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), found the body at 3.45pm on Friday, about 14 nautical miles from where the Ocean Line 208 had gone down. 

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