Malaysia searches for missing Rohingya after boat tragedy

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Malaysia steps up search for missing Rohingya after a boat sank near Langkawi, leaving at least 21 dead. Another vessel carrying hundreds is still missing.

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00:00Malaysian authorities are continuing search operations in the Andaman Sea

00:05for dozens of Rohingya refugees still missing after one boat sank last week and another disappeared.

00:12At least 25 bodies have been recovered since the incident on Thursday, 16 in Malaysia and 9 in Thailand.

00:20Officials say survival without life jackets is unlikely beyond 24 hours,

00:25although some people may still be clinging to floating debris.

00:28Despite rough weather, such efforts continue with 13 survivors rescued so far.

00:35The Rohingya, a Muslim minority long persecuted in Myanmar,

00:39continue to face growing violence and worsening conditions in overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh

00:44where around 1.3 million people live.

00:48Two weeks ago, hundreds of Rohingya refugees set out by sea for Malaysia.

00:53Langkawi Police Chief Khairul Azhar Nuruddin said

00:57the group was later split between two boats.

01:00One carrying about 70 people sank near Langkawi on Thursday,

01:05while the other, with around 230 passengers, remains missing.

01:09Police confirmed that the 13 survivors rescued so far have been detained,

01:14while investigations continue into possible immigration offenses.

01:18police confirmed that the 13 survivors killed by Messi were cancelled,

01:22the 14 survivors taken to the 13 survivors,

01:25but the 13 survivors had to be treated as a visa for the 7 number.

01:28police so far have been detained by 24 years.

01:29They only closed down the 14 Politicians for the 13UR3 and the 14 of them to be treated from the 141-2 million people.

01:34Police confirmed that the 143 police officers made the 15-3 million people

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