Jakarta - Kominfo-Newsroom – Ten TKI (Indonesian workers) drowned Tuesday (30/9) while boarding a boat from Malaysia to Sumatera. The vessel capsized some three km from West Klang seaport, Malaysia, at 07.30 hours local time.
This was on a release of the Ministry for Transportation sent to Newsroom Tuesday (30/9).
Rescue operation was still under way when this release was made, A total of 85 passengers were rescued by the Awana Liverpool oil vessel and 30 others were picked up by tugboat operators.
All survivors were rushed to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Malaysia.
Cause of accident was most likely attributed to over capacity. The boat can carry a maximum of 70 passengers but there were more than 120 on board. (T.tr/toeb/ton)
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