Overview
- Malaysian maritime officials reported 10 survivors and one recovered body after a boat carrying roughly 90 people capsized near Tarutao Island, with hundreds from the wider voyage still unaccounted for.
- Authorities say about 300 people departed Buthidaung in Myanmar before they were told to transfer into three smaller boats to evade detection near Malaysia.
- Two companion boats remain missing as Malaysian agencies widen search-and-rescue operations off Langkawi and caution that more victims may be found.
- Survivors include men from Myanmar, Rohingya, and one Bangladeshi, while the recovered body was identified as a Rohingya woman, according to police and state media.
- Some reports cite different tallies, including seven dead and 13 rescued, as officials warn active smuggling networks and shifting seas are complicating the response.