Malaysian
authorities have recovered the bodies of eight Indonesians and are
searching for more than 20 who are still missing after their boat
capsized off the southern state of Johor on Saturday night.
Search
and rescue teams recovered the bodies of two men and two women as of
Sunday afternoon, adding to the four that were found after the incident
on Saturday night, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said
in a statement.
The dead and
missing were among more than 60 people on the boat that capsized at
around 9.45pm Saturday night while on its way to nearby Batam in
Indonesia the statement added.
“A total of 34
victims were rescued… the survivors are now with Johor Immigration
while the dead bodies were handed over to the police for further
action.”
The authorities
are currently continuing the search within a five nautical mile radius
of the location where the boat capsized.