Boat-barge collision: MMEA deploys aircraft to find missing victims


KUALA TERENGGANU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is mobilising its aircraft to search for three victims who are still missing in an incident involving a fishing boat and a barge in Kemaman waters, on Sunday (Aug 11) morning.

Kemaman Maritime Zone director, Maritime Commander Ariffin Ghazali said MMEA had activated the Search and Rescue Operation (Carilamat) at 8.40am with the Carilamat forward base having been opened at Haji Pa Jetty in Kemaman.

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