LANGKAWI: The death toll in the boat capsize incident at the Malaysia-Thailand border off Langkawi waters has risen to 25 people with the discovery of three more bodies on Wednesday (Nov 12) afternoon.
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director for Kedah and Perlis, First Admiral (Maritime) Romli Mustafa said a Marine police boat found the body of a man in the sea near Pulau Rebak Besar at 3.16pm.
"At 3.20pm, the Fire and Rescue Department found another male body floating in the waters near Tanjung Hulor. A few minutes later, its aircraft also detected another male body near Pulau Rebak Besar.
"All the bodies found have been brought to a nearby jetty before being handed over to the police for further action," he said in a statement on Wednesday.
He added that today's operation was suspended at 7.30 pm and will resume at 7.30am the next day. – Bernama
