Jokowi meets families of sunken Indonesian submarine crew, gives compensation


Indonesian President Joko Widodo speaking with the families of the submarine crew members who died on board the KRI Nanggala 402, in Surabaya on April 29, 2021. - AFP

BANYUWANGI, Indonesia (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesian President Joko Widodo met families of the sunken submarine crew in Sidoarjo, East Java on Thursday (April 29) and gave compensation for the loss of their beloved ones.

“On behalf of the state, government and the people, I offer my deep condolences on the death of the patriots of the KRI Nanggala-402. Hopefully, their souls rest in peace and find the best place beside God, and all their sins are forgiven, ” he said at Juanda naval airbase.

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