Tg Balau boat capsize: Body of 11th victim found


Personnel, part of the search and rescue operation, tending to the body of the 11th victim who drowned in a boat capsize incident at Tanjung Balau in Kota Tinggi on Wednesday, Dec 15, 2021.

KOTA TINGGI: The body of the 11th victim has been found by the search and rescue operation deployed after a boat ferrying 50 immigrants from Indonesia capsized in Tanjung Balau here.

Johor Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency deputy director (operations) Maritime Captain Simon Templer Lo Ak Tusa said the latest body found was at 10.32am following the incident that took place at around 4.30am on Wednesday (Dec 15).

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