Navy and maritime agency to help migrants

Headed to safe shores: Thousands of boat migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh will be allowed to come ashore in Malaysia and Indonesia amid international pressure for a solution to South-East Asia’s migrant crisis. — EPA

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants the navy and maritime bodies to search and rescue migrants stranded at sea.

Najib tweeted yesterday that the search and rescue operations should start as soon as possible.