Polisi Malaysia Cari Kapal Pengangkut 35 WNI yang Karam di Johor
Malaysians Search for Capsized Boat after 13 Found Dead
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
PIHAK berwenang Malaysia pada Selasa mengadakan pencarian terhadap kapal yang mengangkut hingga 35 orang, setelah 13 jenazah terdampar di sebuah pantai di selatan negara bagian Johor.
Polisi menemukan mayat di sebuah pantai di dekat kota Bandar Penawar pada hari sebelumnya.
Kepala polisi distrik Rahmat Othman mengatakan kapal itu datang dari Indonesia dan membawa imigran gelap. Hingga 35 orang diyakini berada di perahu, kata polisi.
Pihak berwenang di Jakarta mengatakan perahu terbalik setelah dihantam gelombang yang kuat.
"KTP dari Indonesia ditemukan," pada 13 korban, kata juru bicara kementerian luar negeri Indonesia Arrmanatha Nasir melalui pesan singkat seperti dilansir MailOnline.
MALAYSIAN authorities on Tuesday launched a search for a boat carrying up to 35 people, after 13 bodies washed up on a beach in the southern state of Johor.
Police discovered the bodies at a beach in near the town of Bandar Penawar earlier in the day.
District police chief Rahmat Othman said the boat had come from Indonesia and was carrying illegal migrants. Up to 35 people were believed to have been on the boat, police said.
Authorities in Jakarta said the boat had capsized after being hit by strong waves.
"ID cards from Indonesia were found," on the 13 victims, Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman Armanatha Nasir said in a text message.
