MMEA: No evidence of boat with illegal immigrants sinking near Batu Puteh


JOHOR BAHRU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) found no evidence of a boat carrying 10 illegal immigrants sinking near Batu Puteh at a position 9.5 nautical miles southeast of Tanjung Penyusop in Kota Tinggi.

Johor MMEA director First Admiral Nurul Hizam Zakaria said the Johor Bahru Maritime Rescue Sub Centre (MRSC) received a report from an Indonesian national claiming that the boat he was in together with nine others had sunk at 4am on Monday (Sept 19)

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