00:00A fisherman on Tuesday said he was startled upon finding and rescuing a Rohingya refugee from the sea
00:05after a boat capsized off Pulau Langkawi.
00:09Muhammad Azam Azmi told Reuters that he spotted the woman
00:12drifting motionless about two nautical miles from shore
00:15while he was out fishing around 6.50pm on Saturday.
00:30He added that the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
00:59began search operations about an hour later and continued through the night.
01:04Yeah, if we're in the sea, if we meet something like that, we really want to help.
01:11We can help the people of the U.S. to make sure they have their own power.
01:21We want to give them a better life because we don't want to be able to help from Thailand or Malaysia.
01:32The authorities have said about 300 people boarded a vessel bound for Malaysia two weeks ago
01:40and were transferred onto two boats last Thursday.
01:44The smaller boat sank, while the fate of around 230 people on board the other vessel remained unclear.
01:51The death toll rose to 22 after two bodies were recovered on Wednesday morning,
01:56while 14 survivors have been found.
01:59The authorities are expected to continue search operations until Saturday.
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