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Myanmar's navy found 727 people crammed on a fishing boat in its waters, the Ministry of Information said in a Facebook post Friday, adding the would-be "Bengali" migrants had been towed to an island.
"Altogether 727 people -- 608 Bengali men, 74 women and 45 children -- in a fishing boat have been arrested as a Myanmar Navy ship found them this morning in the delta," the statement said.
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