Overview
- Malaysia’s maritime agency reported eight more bodies and one additional survivor off Langkawi, bringing its tally to 20 dead — seven men, nine women and four children — and 14 rescued.
- Thai rescuers recovered six bodies in Satun waters, putting the combined reported death toll at 26 from the capsizing near Koh Tarutao and Langkawi.
- Officials say the passengers came from a roughly 300‑person journey that departed Buthidaung and was broken into smaller boats near Malaysian waters, with about 70 on the vessel that sank and the fate of others still unclear.
- Malaysian police opened an investigation under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act against those rescued as joint sea and air searches continue for additional boats and survivors.
- UNHCR and IOM called for stronger search-and-rescue capacity and safer access to asylum, and an 18-year-old survivor was found on Langkawi five days after the wreck.