25 missing Chinese in Malaysia boat sinking found alive: minister

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KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-five Chinese have been found alive after their tourist boat sank off eastern Malaysia but six people remain missing, a minister said on Sunday.

“Twenty-five have been found alive today. Six are still missing,” said Shahidan Kassim, minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, after the catamaran sank on Saturday off Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island.