YANGON (AFP) – The bodies of 14 people have been found washed up on a beach in Myanmar, an official told AFP on Monday (May 23), with a local rescue group saying some were Rohingya attempting to reach Malaysia.
“Fourteen dead bodies were found, 35 people including the boat owners were rescued alive,” said Lieutenant Colonel Tun Shwe, a police spokesperson in Pathein district, around 200km west of Yangon.
A member of Myanmar Rescue Organisation Pathein who requested anonymity said the group found eight bodies on Sunday and all were Rohingya.
