Dozens of Rohingya missing after boat sinks off Myanmar: police

YANGON: A boat carrying almost 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing sectarian tensions capsized off Myanmar’s coast, police said Sunday, leaving dozens missing in treacherous seas.
“Altogether 66 people — 38 men and 28 women — were on board when the boat capsized,” a police official in Myanmar’s Rakhine state told AFP, adding six survivors had been found.