Rescued and bound: Officials talking to survivors from the boat that capsized in Pathein district, about 200km west of Yangon. — AFP
DOZENS of ethnic Rohingya refugees were dead or missing after a boat with about 90 people aboard, including children, capsized and sank in bad weather off the coast of Myanmar over the weekend, according to media reports.
More than 20 survivors were detained by authorities in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region, the US-funded Radio Free Asia reported, citing residents in the coastal district of Shwe Taung Yan.
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