KOTA KINABALU: Five people - two women and three children - drowned while two others are missing after a pump boat ferrying 20 people capsized during bad weather in waters off Semporna on Sabah's east coast.
The victims, aged between one and 33 years old, were recovered immediately after the boat capsized off Pulau Timbun Mata about 4km from mainland Semporna late Thursday (April 14) night.
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