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More than 300 Sri Lankans were rescued at sea off the Spratly Islands after their fishing vessel was damaged and found adrift.
A spokesperson for the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center said Tuesday the agency received news that the Myanmar-flagged Lady R3 with 303 Sri Lankans suspected to be headed for Canada was in trouble.
On November 5, when it was around 258 nautical miles off Vung Tau in the southern coast, its engine room flooded and the vessel began to drift. There were rough seas at the time.
The center then tried to contact the ship and also broadcast emergency signals to other ships in the vicinity.
At 3 p.m. Monday it found that the Japanese-flagged Helios Leader was in the area, and requested it to make a detour and rescue the people aboard Lady R3.
The Japanese vessel was able to reach the distressed boat, whose crew members were in a state of panic.
It then rescued the passengers and provided medical assistance to whoever needed it.
The center also mobilized five other ships and told them to circle the area to provide support if needed.
The 264 men, 19 women and 20 children are safe and expected to reach Vung Tau by Tuesday.
Earlier, the Sri Lanka Navy said a Sri Lankan citizen in the boat contacted the navy on Monday and said they were in distress, and the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Colombo sought help from Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Singapore authorities later notified Sri Lanka that the people on board the boat had been rescued and were heading to Vietnam, Navy spokesman Indika de Silva said .
Johan Tuesday, 08 November 2022 10:57 AM
See the plight of SriLankans.. When politician plundered the country.. Very sad
BuffaloaCitizen Tuesday, 08 November 2022 11:23 AM
Dan Sapada... now lets make kiribath each time we win and kill our own citizens.
Ravi Tuesday, 08 November 2022 12:20 PM
Living today is the biggest challenge in country. Unfortunately corrupted dirty politicians are still playing with innocent lifes.
sam Tuesday, 08 November 2022 12:28 PM
With regular mishaps people still prefer to get out of the country asap.
Punchi Tuesday, 08 November 2022 12:48 PM
Nation of new kallathonis. Is there any good news coming out of our 2600 year figment of our mahawamsa mindset Buddhist beggar civilisation. Other real civilisations like Japan, Korean, Indian, Malay, Indonesia ( who acknowledge their Hindu and Buddhist past) Malaysia, China etc in our neighbourhood are resilient and not beggars like our false civilisation
Perera Tuesday, 08 November 2022 01:32 PM
Let them go. Trudeau's Canada will accept any trash
Nobel Tuesday, 08 November 2022 05:17 PM
It's noble of you to acknowledge what is there in SL is trash, which includes you too.
Rasika Wednesday, 09 November 2022 12:50 AM
be careful what you say you may fall into that situation too.
Dan Tuesday, 08 November 2022 03:10 PM
Heart less Sri Lankan politicians.....Are they really working to improve economy, instead they are just waiting for tourists. Imagine our children in that boat. As a citizen they should not run away, like most Sri Lankans they should just manage for couple of months, for economy to improve.
Pm Wednesday, 09 November 2022 08:13 AM
Politicians come to power to collect the commissions and transfer the money/$ to affluent countries, so that their familiy/Offspring could migrate for a better life....
Anura Nanayakkara Tuesday, 08 November 2022 03:43 PM
This is a business carried out by people smugglers in the country.
Punchi Tuesday, 08 November 2022 03:48 PM
@Perera, you are right everything that is coming out of our paradise including cricketers aretrash and the words from our mouths are trash begging for food
Jemmy Tuesday, 08 November 2022 04:20 PM
This is what the majority Sinhalese people have to live with when SWRDB made it a Sinhala only nation in the 1950's.
Sampath Tuesday, 08 November 2022 04:52 PM
Was the Security forces and the Navy sleeping until these people left our shores ? What a despicable situation !!! We have become the laughing stock of the world.
Ceylonese Tuesday, 08 November 2022 05:11 PM
In the 60's it was the Vietnamese boat people fleeing their country due to the war and now it is the Sri Lanka boat people fleeing their country for a better life in Vietnam. How the living standards in Sri lanka have deteriorated in the last 60 years or so?.
Pundaiyandi mama Tuesday, 08 November 2022 10:56 PM
Not srilanka change the name as Mahi lanka Rani lanka Or Gota lanka. So public doesn’t board on Boats
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