Indonesian fishing boat sinks off Borneo, over 30 missing - media


  • World
  • Friday, 02 Aug 2019

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian fishing boat has sunk in waters off South Kalimantan province on Borneo island, with 31 people still missing, media reports cited the country's search and rescue agency as saying on Friday.

There were believed to be 37 people on board the vessel, four of whom had been found dead and two of whom had survived, Kompas.com reported the search and rescue agency (Basarnas) as saying.

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