Fisherman startled to find Rohingya survivor from deadly boat sinking

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A fisherman said he was startled upon finding and rescuing a Rohingya refugee from the sea after a boat capsized off Pulau Langkawi.  Muhd Azham Azmi told Reuters that he spotted the woman, drifting motionless about two nautical miles from shore while he was out fishing around 6.50pm on Saturday (Nov 8).  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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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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