Hundreds went missing after a boat sank near the Thailand-Malaysia border on Sunday, the Malaysian maritime authority said, adding that there were 10 survivors and one body has been recovered.

Anadolu Agency quoted Malaysia’s Kedah police chief Adzli Abu Shah as saying that the group heading to Malaysia from Myanmar first boarded a large vessel carrying 300 people, but as they approached the border, they were ordered to switch to three smaller boats, each holding roughly 100 people, in order to evade detection by authorities.

“However, three days ago, the boat they were on capsized, and the incident is believed to have occurred in Thai waters before they drifted into Malaysian waters," he said.

First Admiral Romli Mustafa, the maritime authority director of the northern Malaysian states

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