A Liberia-registered bulk carrier was directed to the scene and successfully rescued all the 30 individuals boarding the capsized Indonesian-registered vessel.

Nine people were confirmed drowned and several others missing after a boat believed to be carrying illegal immigrants capsized off Malaysia’s eastern coast.

Rescuers have recovered 32 bodies from a ferry accident on the Chindwin river in central region, said Myanmar authorities on October 17.

A ferry with 300 people aboard capsized in the northwestern Sagaing region, Myanmar, on October 15.

A wooden boat carrying 25 schoolboys aged from 12 to 19 of the same school capsized on the Bengawan Solo River in the province of East Java, Indonesia.

Malaysian rescuers retrieved 35 more bodies on September 6, bringing the death toll in the boat accident to 50, according to the country’s authorities.