CITY HIGH – Population Semayong Coast near here yesterday stunned to discover her eight foreign men lay dead not far from each other on the beach.
Some of the bodies believed to be citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan, was found at 8 am. The bodies of eight men was among 25 passengers capsized boat in the chop of 7 nautical miles from the Gulf Semayong, Sedili at 6:30 am. In addition to the eight victims who died, five other foreigners still missing, while 12 more secure .
Boats carrying 25 passengers, including the skipper of the capsized while trying to smuggle out of the country and believed to be heading to Batam, Indonesia to serve as transit points before proceeding to other countries.
The incident happened after the boat was hit by strong waves chop and exacerbated when carrying more passengers.
High City police chief Superintendent Che Che Aik Mahazan said he received a report on the incident capsized boat at 8 am from local residents who found the bodies of eight men who were stranded on the shores of the Gulf coast Semayong here.
“Initial investigations revealed that all 25 foreigners were believed to want out of this country before they boarded the boat hit a wave and cause a wreck. “According to the victim’s safety, the boat skipper managed to escape. Search and rescue operations are continuing, “he said at a news conference at Tanjung Sedili police station here yesterday.
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