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A boat carrying 97 people from Indonesia has sunk off the coast of Malaysia, with 66 people still missing, officials say.

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By . Tara Brady . A wooden boat carrying 97 people from Indonesia has sunk off the western coast of Malaysia and 66 of the passengers are missing. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said passengers included women and children suspected of trying to reach Malaysia illegally. This was an illegal boat and all the passengers were Indonesian,' said Muhammad Zuri, a Malaysian maritime agency official. Scroll down for video . The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency has sent a boat to the area to look for survivors . According to Zuri, 31 passengers had been rescued. The agency sent one boat to the area to search for survivors and was sending two more. Malaysia's New Straits Times said the boat sank around midnight on Tuesday about two miles (3km) from the coastal town of Banting on the Strait of Malacca. Tens of thousands of Indonesians work illegally in plantations and other industries in Malaysia, sometimes risking dangerous boat journeys to return home. The boat sank around midnight on Tuesday about two miles from the coastal town of Banting .