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    Wear life jackets or face suspension, Arakan govt tells ferry operators
    August 23, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, News220by WUNNA KWANYO / DVB
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    Wear life jackets or face suspension, Arakan govt tells ferry operators

    Following a recent spate of fatal accidents, government authorities in Arakan State have distributed life jackets to ferry boat operators in the region.

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    Students found dead after ferry sinks
    June 2, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, News374by WUNNA KWANYO / DVB
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    Students found dead after ferry sinks

    Three students have been found dead and four others are still missing after a ferry sank in a creek in Arakan State’s Ponnakyun township yesterday.

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    Commission to investigate Arakan ferry disaster
    March 26, 2015in Arakan, Lead Story, News12by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    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.

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    Arakan ferry death toll set to rise: MP
    March 16, 2015in Arakan, Lead Story, Natural Disasters, News1by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    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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    November 17, 2009in News15by Staff Reporter
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    Death toll from Burma ferry disaster rises

    Nov 17, 2009 (DVB), More than fifty people are now feared dead after a passenger ferry in Burma's southern Irrawaddy division on Sunday collided with an oil barge. Local officials…

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    July 4, 2008in Uncategorized0by Staff Reporter
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    38 killed as ferry sinks in Burma

    Jul 4, 2008 (AP), State media says at least 38 people have died after a motorized ferry sank in a river of Burma’s cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta. The New Light of…

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