Rohingya survivor recalls deadly boat sinking, more bodies found

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The death toll from the sinking of a boat carrying members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority climbed to 27 on Tuesday (Nov 11), as a survivor recalled a harrowing journey that left him floating for days in the Andaman Sea.   Iman Sharif, 18, said he was aboard a large boat for eight days before being transferred to a smaller one with around 70 people. But the vessel sank shortly after and he clung on to wreckage for days before washing up on a Malaysian island.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/375xrmne  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A survivor of a boat sinking that killed dozens of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims

00:07was rescued and recounted a harrowing journey floating for days in the Andaman Sea.

00:1318-year-old Iman Sharif said he was aboard a large boat with 70 people for eight days

00:18before being transferred to a smaller one before it sank shortly after.

00:30After a while, I was just about to move to the ship's boat to the ship's boat.

00:40For three days later, I was just on the ship's boat just on the ship and I should go to the ship's boat.

00:45I was going to bring a ship's boat to the ship's boat.

00:50What do you want? Do you want to get out of the ship's boat?

00:54There's a boat, it's a boat.

00:58At the end of the day, I'm here and I'm here and I'm here.

01:02Kedah Fire and Rescue Department Zone 4 Chief, Fire Superintendent Mohamed Zamri Abdul Ghani, said Iman was found at Tanjung Cincin.

01:11For the information, we saw him at 11.21 in the first time, Tanjung Cincin.

01:19When we saw him in the direction of our boat, Kevlar, using polystrain.

01:25When we're almost at that position, we're going to be able to save our boat using a sailboat.

01:30He's really excited to see us as a sailboat.

01:34He's really able to save our boat using polystrain.

01:38He can see that from the angle, he can save our boat to get to the place that's more safe.

01:46Malaysian and Thai authorities have expanded the search for dozens still missing near the border,

01:51with the death toll rising to 27 on Tuesday.

01:55Since November 8, 13 other survivors have been found in Malaysian waters.

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