Six Indonesians drown off Malaysia coast

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Six Indonesian women drowned off Malaysia after their boat capsized during a suspected attempt to enter the country illegally, officials said, in the latest migrant tragedy in the area. Their bodies were found Tuesday afternoon after the boat carrying 13 undocumented Indonesians coming from the archipelago’s Batam island ran into trouble off Malaysia’s southern Johor state. Senior coastguard official Nurul Hizam Zakaria said in a Tuesday statement that fishermen reported […]