JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has identified eastern Johor waters as the main route for illegal immigrants to enter the country.
KOTA TINGGI: The radius of the search and rescue operation (SAR) for victims in a boat capsize incident in Tanjung Balau here, which has entered its fourth day today, has been widened to 76.5 nautical square miles for air assets and 106.02 nautical square miles for the search at sea.
KOTA TINGGI: Eight more bodies have been found by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), bringing the total number of deaths to 19 in the boat tragedy in Tanjung Balau here.
JOHOR BAHRU: The search and rescue operation to locate the victims of a boat that capsized on Wednesday (Dec 15) in waters off Tanjung Balau, Kota Tinggi, continued over Thursday (Dec 16) to cover the coastal area of Tanjung Siang right up to Tanjung Balau.
The boat that capsized in waters off Tanjung Balau, near here, Wednesday, was supposed to drop off its passenggers in Kampung Tengah, near here, before taking another group of Indonesian nationals back to the republic