KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's coast guard escorted away from its waters two boats carrying almost 300 undocumented Myanmar migrants found in a state of exhaustion for lack of food and water, a top agency official said.

Malaysia's coastguard said on Friday it was doubling patrols in its waters to locate boats carrying undocumented Myanmar migrants, after almost 200 were detained on an island in the northwestern Malaysian state of Kedah.

Malaysia said Saturday (Jan 4) that it expelled two boats ferrying about 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar from the country's waters. The Malaysian