Boat sinks in SW China, 14 missing

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Fourteen people remain missing following a boat capsizing that occurred on the Lancang-Mekong River in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday, local authorities said Monday.

Guanlei Port [file photo]


The Mengla county government said 14 people, including eight students from Myanmar, remain missing despite several rounds of searching.

The Myanmar-registered boat capsized after leaving a village port in Myanmar, located about 5 km from Mengla county, shortly after noon Sunday.

The county rescue team said the accident was caused by overloading.

Twenty-two people, including 10 adults and 12 students attending a school in Mengla's village of Guanlei, were on the ship when it capsized. Local villagers managed to rescue eight of the passengers.

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