Rescue teams have recovered at least 32 bodies as they intensify search operations following the sinking of an overloaded ferry sank in central Myanmar.
A total of 154 people were rescued alive after the ferry sank early Saturday on the Chindwin River, about 72km north of the city of Monywa.
But rescuers have found only bloated corpses floating in the water since then, and fear the death toll could reach 100 once they raise the boat from the riverbed.
"So far we have recovered 32 dead bodies," Sa Willy Frient, director of the local relief and resettlement department who is overseeing the operation, told AFP news agency on Sunday.
"We are trying to raise the boat using a crane after tying it with strong ropes. After we lift it out, the death toll will be higher." (Courtesy of aljazeera.com)
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