Two children dead, one missing after boat capsizes in Tawau


KOTA KINABALU: Two children were found dead while one remains missing after a boat capsized in the Tawau district on Saturday (Jan 1) evening.

The three siblings aged between five and 20, were with six others on a small boat from Batu 4 Kg Rawa-Rawa to Kg Batu Payung when the incident occurred at about 4.30pm.

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