Indonesia -- A ship carrying 40 migrant workers from Indonesia sank in Malaysian waters on Monday (23/1). At least nine people were killed in this incident.
Reported by Reuters, officials Malaysian Maritime Agency (MMEA) has evacuated nine bodies of six women and three men.
Local authorities also had to save two passengers, while more than 20 others are still missing.
Until now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs could not be contacted to confirm the citizenship of the passengers of this ship.
MMEA said the incident occurred because the boat is overloaded. In addition, when a ship sailing weather is also bad.
During this time, frequent accidents in the waters between Indonesia and Malaysia. The accident befall usually smaller vessels that carry a lot of immigrant workers at a factory in Malaysia.
Last November, dozens of people were killed when the ship hit a reef and sank in Batam. In January 2016, the Malaysian police evacuated 17 bodies of illegal immigrants shipwrecked in their waters.
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