JAKARTA, July 10: As many as 200 people are still missing three days after a ferry sank in high seas off Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua, a rescue official said on Sunday.
“The passenger list shows 35 passengers while the crew numbered 13. But from the surviving crew members and passengers, the number of people aboard numbered more than 100 and closer to 200,” said Sumpeno Juono from the Merauke district’s Search and Rescue Agency chapter. The ferry, the Digul, sank on Thursday in the Arafura Sea.—AFP
