YANGON, Burma (AP) — Family members are scouring the coastline off western Burma a day after a boat carrying at least 70 Muslim Rohingya capsized. Only eight people are believed to have survived.
The overloaded boat was in the Bay of Bengal and headed for Bangladesh when it sank early Sunday, just four hours into the journey.
Community leader Aung Win says many women and children were on board and were hoping to reach third countries.
He says there were no new reports of survivors Monday. Only a few bodies have been recovered.
Burma, a predominantly Buddhist nation, has been gripped by sectarian violence in the last year. Many of the 240 people killed and 240,000 others forced to flee their homes have been Rohingya.
http://www.information.myanmaronlinecentre.com/burma-no-sign-of-more-survivors-in-rohingya-boat-sinking/
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