Please agree to our privacy policy to enable news listening. (Central News Agency, Kuala Lumpur, comprehensive foreign news report on the 12th) A boat believed to be carrying undocumented Indonesian immigrants sank off the west coast of Malaysia yesterday. 14 people are still missing. The Malaysian maritime agency has launched a search and rescue operation. Reuters reported that Perak Maritime Agency director Mohamad Shukri Khotob said in a statement that a fisherman found a victim floating at sea off Pangkor early yesterday morning and immediately informed the authorities. Mohammad pointed out that a local fishing boat rescued a total of 23 Indonesians, including 7 women. These people were taken to the coast guard terminal for registration and further investigation. Preliminary investigation found that the sunken boat was carrying 37 people and departed from Kisaran, Indonesia, on May 9. The destinations of the passengers included Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, and Penang in the northwest. Accidents often occur on the waterway between Indonesia and Malaysia, often involving overloaded ships carrying workers seeking work in Malaysian plantations and factories. Migrant worker rights activists point out that it is estimated that 100,000 to 200,000 Indonesians take the risk to board ships to Malaysia every year, and they are often recruited by trafficking groups and are exploited after arriving in Malaysia. (Compiled by: Yang Zhaoyan) 1150512 Support Central News Agency’s choice to stand with the facts. Every donation you make is a small amount of support to protect press freedom. Download the Central News Agency’s “First-hand News” APP to get the latest news in real time. The text, pictures and audio and video of this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.
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