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A recovery worker reported to Radio Free Asia that a ship carrying more than 80 people off the coast of southern Myanmar had crashed on Sunday night, leaving eight people confirmed dead and 17 missing, including children returning from school after a vacation.  ,
According to a resident of the area who declined to be identified according to media restrictions imposed by military authorities, the crowded boat capsized when it encountered strong currents shortly after taking off from the beach town of Kyauk Kar and headed for Myeik area in the Tanintharyi area.
Last night, we just managed to recover eight body. There are a lot also missing”, said the evacuation employee who also declined to get identified.  ,” There are also individuals. We do n’t know the exact list. Best then, it’s chaos”.
Boat injuries are popular in Myanmar, both on its numerous streams and off its coastlines. This year, thousands of travellers, migrant workers, and migrants have been involved in injuries.
The crash happened as the boat was passing through a network known for dangerous currents, according to the tenant, with students returning to school after the Thadingyut vacation, along with their parents, and other people who had been displaced by recent fight in the area.
” From Kyauk Kar there’s … the beginning of the lake where the present is also strong”, one resident said.  ,” When the current was very difficult, due to the boat’s position and because it was best weighty, it overturned”.
The eight persons found deceased were identified as seven women between the ages of 16 and 60, and a three-month-old child, people said.  ,
According to a recovery commission, 47 individuals survived while 17 youngsters were unaccounted for. People and civil society organizations were looking for more patients.
Another rescuer informed RFA that there may have been more passengers on the boat than initially believed.
” It is said that there were 80 individuals on the boat, but the children were not listed”, the second employee said. ” In total, there may have been nearly a hundred on table”.
The people, according to residents, included students who had returned from school for the trip and war refugees.
A Kyauk Kar community native claimed that the boat overturned because of strong tides and waves, as well as straining.
Seven children under the age of ten, as well as a number of students, are among the missing. RFA was informed by a recovery employee that their chances of finding them alive are slim.
” When the boat capsized, it flipped onto its board, and there were still bodies trapped within. The actual amount remains uncertain”, the second save employee said. The ship has been missing for more than a day, and it’s possible that all 17 of the missing were in. … Given the time that passed, it is improbable that any of the 17 did live”.
The government has never published any information about the incident, and calling by RFA to Tanintharyi country’s coup spokesperson, Thet Naing, went unanswered.  ,