Boat capsizes in Lundu - 3 missing, 17 survive

Three school students are missing, while 17 others survived after a boat they were travelling in capsized in Sungai Kayan, Kampung Selampit, Lundu, approximately 72km from Kuching today.

According to preliminary information from the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department operations centre, the three missing are one male and two female.

“Fifteen students have escaped to safety, while the other three are yet to be found. The search is ongoing, conducted by local villagers,” said a spokesperson from the operations centre.

The spokesperson added that the boat was ferrying 18 students and an adult female passenger. The skipper and adult passenger survived. The initial search and rescue operation was carried out by the villagers.

- Bernama

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