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Bodies of three Rohingya found as Indonesia ends rescue for capsized boat

On Wednesday morning, a wooden boat with an estimated 151 people on board capsized some 19km from the beach of Kuala Bubon on the west coast of Aceh. Fishers and a search-and-rescue team rescued 75 people from the boat by Thursday However, more than 70 Rohingya were “presumed dead or missing”, which if confirmed would be the biggest loss of life in such an incident so far this year, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said.