KUALA LUMPUR: The authorities have uncovered a string of offences in a deadly boat capsize off two well-known resort islands in Terengganu last Saturday (Jun 28) that killed three people.
The travel agency and boat operator did not have valid licences and failed to ensure passengers wore life jackets, a minister said on Sunday, adding an investigation would be conducted into the fatal incident off Perhentian Islands.The boatman also tested positive for drugs and has been arrested, said the district police chief of Besut in Terengganu state.
The boat, carrying 15 passengers aged between three and 40, capsized during a storm at around 10.30pm last Saturday near the islands off peninsula Malaysia’s northeastern coast. Two children aged three and 10 were among the three people who died.
