JAKARTA (Reuters) - More than a 100 people may have drowned after a ferry capsized in rough seas off Indonesia's remote Papua province in the country's east four days ago, a senior rescue official said on Monday.
The ferry had 35 passengers and 15 crew on its manifest when it sank on Thursday night 19 km from port in Merauke, 3,750 km east of Jakarta.
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