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Malaysia searches for 26 missing after boat sinks

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Published June 19, 2014 2:59am ET
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Malaysia searches for 26 missing after boat sinks
Malaysian Search and rescue personnel on a speed boat search for passengers of a sunken boat in outskirt of Banting, Malaysia, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. A wooden boat carrying more than 90 Indonesian migrants capsized and sank after leaving Malaysia's west coast, and rescuers scrambled to save more than 60 people still missing, Malaysia's maritime agency said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) | Vincent Thian

BANTING, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian rescuers intensified a search Thursday for 26 people who remained missing after an overcrowded wooden boat carrying Indonesians home in a storm sank in choppy seas. Nine people died and at least 62 people survived.

The boat capsized in the early hours Wednesday about 2 nautical miles (3.7 kilometers) from shore on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur while trying to leave Malaysia illegally for Aceh province in Indonesia.

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