A Boy from Bangladesh has undergone a somewhat unique sojourn at sea, after accidentally falling asleep inside a shipping container which then made its way 1,600 nautical miles to Malaysia. Officials said they don’t believe the circumstance to be suspicious, after finding the youngster in a “weak state” after the...
A Boy from Bangladesh has undergone a somewhat unique sojourn at sea, after accidentally falling asleep inside a shipping container which then made its way 1,600 nautical miles to Malaysia.
Officials said they don’t believe the circumstance to be suspicious, after finding the youngster in a “weak state” after the container was offloaded at Port Klang.
“He just fell asleep in the wrong place at the wrong time,” an officer said, after initial suggestions it may have been an incident of people smuggling.
The boy said he was playing with friends among the containers in Chittagong, and fell asleep while hiding – only to find he was locked inside when he woke up.
In the meantime the empty container had been loaded aboard the Integra, a container ship registered in the Marshall Islands, which then sailed five days to Malaysia.
Social media images showed the boy eating food from dockworkers while being interviewed by authorities, who gave him a change of clothes before taking him to hospital for a check-up.
Officials said they plan to send the boy home on the same ship on which he arrived – hopefully in a bed this time.
