Inspection of all state-owned boats
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(AFP) - The government will inspect all state-owned vessels after a ferry accident off the country's western Rakhine state that left at least 61 people dead, state media said.
The boat, which was carrying more than 200 passengers and crew, was "overloaded when it capsized" on Friday evening, said transport minister Nyan Tun Aung, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar.
A commission has been formed to check other boats plying the country's many waterways, the report said, adding that the death toll from the ferry disaster had risen to 61 as the search continues for the missing.
