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Death toll from migrant shipwreck off Malaysia rises to 25

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Kedah and Perlis MMEA director Romli Mustafa says four more bodies were discovered today.

PETALING JAYA: The death toll from a boat carrying undocumented migrants which sank near the maritime border between Malaysia and Thailand has risen to 25 with the discovery of four more bodies today.

Sinar Harian reported Kedah and Perlis Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director Romli Mustafa as saying the agency was informed by members of the public of the body of a man found near Pulau Beras Basah.

Not long after the body was recovered, MMEA found two other bodies floating in the waters off Tanjung Chincin.

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