Kedah cops step up patrols after migrant boat capsizes


SINTOK: Police and enforcement agencies have intensified surveillance operations around Lang­kawi following reports that a boat carrying hundreds of migrants may have sunk near the Malaysia-Thailand maritime border.

Kedah police chief Comm Datuk Adzli Abu Shah said patrols have been stepped up around Teluk Ewa and nearby coastal areas, urging residents to alert authorities if they come across any survivors hiding or stranded in the area.

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