Two missing after boat capsizes

Two missing after boat capsizes

KUALA LUMPUR: Two Indonesians were feared dead after their
boat carrying timber sank in the Malacca Strait, Malaysian police
said Sunday.

Two other Indonesians in the boat were rescued by a Malaysian
fishing boat about two hours after the sinking Friday morning,
marine police officer Zulkafli Sariatt said.

The four men were heading to Port Klang, about 30 kilometers
(20 miles) from Kuala Lumpur, from Penipahan, Indonesia, when
their boat capsized while trying to overtake a merchant vessel,
Zulkafli was quoted as saying by the Bernama national news
agency.

An official of Malaysia's Maritime Rescue Coordination Center
said the accident occurred in international waters about four
hours by boat from Port Klang.

Patrol vessels from both Malaysia and Indonesia were searching
for the two missing men, said the official, who spoke on
condition of anonymity. -- AP