Twenty-five rescued from boat mishap

Twenty-three Chinese tourists and two crew members have survived after their boat sank in rough seas off eastern Malaysia, officials said. Shahidan Kassim, a minister in charge of national security, told reporters that six people were still missing. The catamaran sank on Saturday – the first day of the Chinese New Year holiday. It sparked […]

Twenty-three Chinese tourists and two crew members have survived after their boat sank in rough seas off eastern Malaysia, officials said. Shahidan Kassim, a minister in charge of national security, told reporters that six people were still missing.
The catamaran sank on Saturday – the first day of the Chinese New Year holiday. It sparked a major air and sea search covering 400 nautical square miles.
“We will deploy search assets that can operate at night, and continue our rescue operations to locate those who are still missing,” Mr Shahidan told a press conference in Malaysia’s eastern state of Sabah.