48 found after ship sinks off Indonesia
China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-20 08:12
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An asylum seeker who survived the sinking ship wears an oxygen mask as he rests at a hotel where they are detained in Blitar, East Java, Indonesia, Monday. Hundreds of asylum seekers are missing and feared dead after their overcrowded ship sank off Indonesia's main island of Java. So far only 48 people have been plucked alive from the choppy waters. Gembong Nusantara / Associated Press |
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescuers on Monday found 15 other missing migrants after their wooden ship sank in the waters off Trenggalek district of East Java province on Saturday, bringing the total number of survivors rescued to 48, while more than 200 are still missing, an Indonesian official said.
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