The death toll
from an overcrowded boat accident off an Indonesian island has risen to 54 on
the third day of a search for survivors, police said on Friday.
Updates
provided by Indonesian police and rescue agency officials on the incident which
happened on Wednesday revealed that six people are still missing with more
bodies found.
The speedboat
carrying 101 migrant workers and their families – most of them illegal –
capsized in Indonesia’s Batam
island stormy weather and 41 of the passengers
were rescued with six people still missing.
Airlangga, a
police spokesman for Riau Islands, which include Batam, put the latest death
toll at 54.
Officials say
two of the three crew who survived the sinking have been arrested on suspicion
of a shipping violation.
The fate of
the third crew member was unknown.
Follow Solenzo Blog on
0 Comments