MMEA saves women, 10-year-old boy after boat overturns in Lahad Datu

KOTA KINABALU: Four people including a boy can count themselves lucky as a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) vessel happened to be nearby when their boat capsized off Sabah’s east coast Lahad Datu district.

In the incident at about 1pm on Tuesday (Aug 29), the three women and the boy, aged between 10 and 40, were travelling in a pump boat when it overturned after being hit by high waves and strong winds in Kampung Puyut waters.