GEORGE TOWN: Eight crew members of a barge have been rescued from a sinking vessel at the Penang-Kedah sea border near Kuala Muda, Kedah.
Penang Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director Kapten Maritime Abd Razak Mohamed said the crew members – four Thai and four Indonesian nationals aged between 31 and 51 – were on their way from Kantang in Thailand to Penang.
