KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian authorities said on Sunday that they had intercepted a group believed to be a ferry 202 Rohingya.

The boat was found about a nautical mile from a luxury beach resort on the holiday island of Langkawi, the western coast of the luxury peninsula, the Malaysian Peninsula Enforcement Agency said in a statement.

The group consisted of 152 men, 45 women, and 5 children. All 202 have been detained at the Kedah State Headquarters of Coastguard.