Overview
- Malaysia’s maritime agency reported eight more bodies and one additional survivor off Langkawi, bringing its totals to 20 dead and 14 rescued.
- Thai rescuers recovered six bodies in waters near Tarutao, with documents indicating the victims were Rohingya, raising the combined toll to 26.
- An 18-year-old Rohingya survivor was found on Langkawi several days after the wreck, weak but alive, as air-sea searches continued.
- Officials say the group left Myanmar’s Rakhine state on a larger boat of about 300 people that was split into smaller craft, with other boats’ whereabouts still unclear.
- UNHCR and IOM urged expanded search-and-rescue and safer asylum access, as agencies note roughly 5,300 Rohingya have departed by sea this year with more than 600 missing or dead.