Members of the Rote Ndao Police and Posal Papela check out a boat holding six Chinese residents who were stranded on Tuesday. The Australian Patrol boat previously drove the Chinese away from Australian territory into Indonesian waters.
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Six Chinese nationals have been stranded on Rote Island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), following a failed attempt to reach Australia in a wooden boat.
Before going aground on the island's shore, the boat, which sailed from the coastal province of Jiangsu in China, has reportedly been floating in the waters near Rote Timur district after an Australian patrol vessel drove it away from its territory.
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