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| Boat sinks off Malaysia with dozens feared drowned | Boat sinks off Malaysia with dozens feared drowned |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| A wooden boat carrying 97 people from | |
| Indonesia has sunk off the western coast of Malaysia and 66 of the | |
| passengers are missing, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency has said. | passengers are missing, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency has said. |
| "This was an illegal boat and all the passengers were Indonesian," said Muhammad Zuri, a Malaysian maritime agency official. Zuri said 31 passengers had been rescued. | |
| The passengers included women and children and were suspected of | The passengers included women and children and were suspected of |
| trying to reach Malaysia illegally, a spokesman for the agency said. The | trying to reach Malaysia illegally, a spokesman for the agency said. The |
| agency had sent one boat to the area to search for survivors and was | agency had sent one boat to the area to search for survivors and was |
| sending two more. | sending two more. |
| Malaysia's New Straits Times said the boat sank around midnight on | Malaysia's New Straits Times said the boat sank around midnight on |
| Tuesday about two miles (3km) from the coastal town of Banting on the | Tuesday about two miles (3km) from the coastal town of Banting on the |
| Strait of Malacca. | Strait of Malacca. |