Four Indonesians 'drowned'

Four Indonesians 'drowned'

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian authorities have begun searching for at least four Indonesians feared drowned off Malaysia's west coast, a marine department official said on Friday.

Police found the bodies of five Indonesians off Port Klang, the country's busiest port, on Thursday. Their boat had capsized a few days earlier while trying to sneak into Malaysian waters illegally, the official said.

Malaysia's national Bernama news agency quoted a police spokesman as saying passing ships had reported seeing nine or 10 bodies floating in the waters off the port.

Bernama said police detained on Thursday another group of 35 Indonesians traveling in a separate boat. None of those detained had valid travel papers and all were likely be deported.