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    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Arakan ferry disaster: over 50 dead, hopes fade of finding survivors

    The Aung Takon 3 capsized on Friday, 13 March 2015. (PHOTO: Chinese state media)
    • By AFP
    • 17 March 2015
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    More than 50 people have been confirmed killed in a ferry accident off western Burma [Myanmar] after rescue teams recovered more bodies from rough waters, police said on Monday, as hopes faded of finding any survivors.

    The Aung Takon 3 sank late on Friday after leaving the coastal town of Kyaukphyu on its way to Sittwe in western Arakan [Rakhine] State.

    “We found 18 more bodies today and the search is still continuing,” Kyaw Thura, a police official in Kyaukphyu, told AFP, adding that the total death toll now stood at 52.

    Burmese state media on Monday said the ferry was carrying 218 passengers and crew when it sank.

    But locals have said they fear far more unregistered ticket-holders may have been on board, a common practice on the impoverished nation’s often overcrowded ferry network.

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    Many Burmese citizens living along the country’s lengthy coastline and flood-prone river systems rely on poorly maintained ferries for transportation.

    The area where the Aung Takon 3 capsized is notorious for its treacherous waters.

    Arakan State has also become the departure point for thousands of desperate Muslim Rohingya, who crowd onto small and dangerously overcrowded boats to escape persecution, often aiming for Thailand and Malaysia. Many of the barely seaworthy boats never reach their destinations.

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