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9 missing after second boat sinks off Malaysia

By Eileen Ng
Published June 19, 2014 8:49am ET
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9 missing after second boat sinks off Malaysia
Members of Malaysian Civil Defense Department on a speed boat search for missing Indonesians of a sunken boat off west coast in Banting, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, June 19, 2014. An overcrowded wooden boat on Wednesday carrying Indonesian illegal immigrants home sank in choppy seas, with 25 people still missing. Ten people died in that accident, but at least 62 people survived. (AP Photo) | AP

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Nine people were missing after a boat carrying 27 Indonesian workers overturned Thursday off Malaysia’s west coast, the country’s maritime agency said, in the second such accident in two days.

On Wednesday, an overcrowded wooden boat carrying Indonesian migrants home sank in choppy seas, with 23 people still missing. Eleven people were confirmed dead and at least 63 survived.

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