Bintulu Marine Operations Force commander ASP Iswandi Ken said besides the baby, the identities of the woman and two men who died in the incident had not been identified.
He said as at 11pm, 17 passengers including four children aged between one and four years were confirmed to have been saved in the incident.
"The search-and-rescue operation to look for passengers believed to be missing is still on after the capsized boat was brought to the surface using a crane. We are not sure how many passengers are missing," he said when contacted by Bernama here.
It is learnt that the boat was carrying about 30 passengers, mostly women and children, when the tragedy happened while they were on their way from Tatau town to Hulu Kakus.
Among the 11 survivors treated at the Bintulu General Hospital are Zamhari Azmi, 39, Chai Ngim Fat, 39, Mohamad Dol, 44, Elizabert Ang Dian, 28, Enes Oliver Suping, two, Hellena Mena, three, Jekson Ukit, 39, Silvia Jakson Kassim, one, Emilia Jekson, one, Lio Jok, 50, and Dayang Rezalina, 27. The other six have no injuries.
Jekson Uket said the incident happened so fast and he only managed to save his two-year-old child while this wife jumped into the river through a window before the boat overturned.
"I could not save the others," he regretted.
Another victim, Mohamad Dol, 46, an employee with the Land and Survey Department, said the incident happened at a sharp turn of the river near a logging camp.
"Our boat had hit the back of a barge and it overturned. Some of us were rescued by workers at the logging camp," he said.
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