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    Tagged: drowning

    Lead Story News Sagaing

    Death toll rises in Chindwin ferry accident

    Relatives of the victims of last Saturday’s ferry accident on the Chindwin River are demanding an investigation into the cause of the incident, as the death count continues to rise.

    Lead Story News Sagaing

    Chindwin rescue efforts stalled as river swells

    The boat, Aung Soe Moe Kyat, was carrying more than 300 people when she was spun by a whirlpool and capsized on Saturday.

    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Aung Takon sinking: victims denied official compensation

    Burmese govt says families of passengers who drowned when the ill-fated ferry sank can only receive a fixed sum covered by the ticket insurance.

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    Arakan Lead Story News

    Commission to investigate Arakan ferry disaster

    The Arakan regional parliament has formed a commission to investigate a ferry boat disaster off the coast of Myebon which cost dozens of lives on 13 March.

    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Arakan ferry death toll set to rise: MP

    The latest state media report said at least 34 people drowned when the “Aung Takon 3” sank late on Friday while en route from Kyaukphyu to Sittwe.

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    17 drown when boat capsizes in Kyaukphyu

    Villagers from Sinboat village-tract were on their way back from collecting wood in a mangrove forest when their overloaded boat tipped over and capsized in a creek.

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    Fifty Rohingya feared drowned as boat sinks off Arakan coast

    News agencies have reported that around 50 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Burma are feared drowned after trying to flee Arakan state in a boat that sank in the early hours of Sunday,

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    At least 20 Burmese fishermen missing in Bay of Bengal

    At least 20 fishermen from Irrawaddy division’s Bogale and Pyapon townships are missing in the Bay of Bengal after getting caught in swirling winds caused by Cyclone Phailin.

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