Malaysian woman, daughter die after boat capsizes in Krabi


BANGKOK: A pregnant woman from Malaysia and her six-year-old daughter died after a long-tailed boat carrying the family capsized off the coast of Krabi province in southern Thailand on Wednesday (Jan 25).

In the 1pm (local time) incident, the family of three - the 36-year-old woman, her 38-year-old husband and their daughter were on Poda Island tour.

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