Kuala Lumpur: At least one individual has been found dead and six have been rescued after a boat carrying nearly 100 undocumented migrants sank in waters near the Malaysia-Thailand maritime border, local police said on Sunday.

Malaysia's Kedah police chief Adzli Abu Shah said the boat was part of a larger ship transporting around 300 people by a syndicate.

According to Adzli, around 300 migrants boarded a large vessel about a month ago. As the large vessel neared the Malaysian maritime border, the syndicate divided the migrants into three smaller boats to avoid detection by the authorities, Xinhua reported, quoting Malaysia's national news agency Bernama.

A boat carrying an estimated 100 people capsized three days ago, and the status of the other two boats is still unknown, said Adzli,

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