SAC Information Team released a statement that five crew members from a sinking cargo boat in the Myanmar sea near Gwa,Rakhine State were rescued.
The rescue operation has been carrying out at 1.am in the morning of February 6, when the news from a communication line informed that a cargo boat, Shwe Kyel Sin Lin (1), was sinking because of sea wave that broke apart the hull of the boat. In the same day at 5. Am a ship of Tatmadaw (Navy ) arrived near the sinking boat and rescued five crew members of the cargo boat, according to the statement.
Then, necessary medical checkups were carried out and the crew members will be systematic transferred to relevant authorities after providing them food and clothes.
