1st LD Writethru: Search continues for 25 missing after ship capsizes in central Indonesia


  • World
  • Sunday, 29 May 2022

JAKARTA, May 28 (Xinhua) -- A search is continuing for the 25 people still unaccounted for after a ship with about 42 people aboard sank in waters off the South Sulawesi province in central Indonesia, a provincial official said on Saturday.

The vessel capsized at 13:00 local time in the Makassar Strait on Thursday, but the incident was reported to the provincial search and rescue office on Saturday, said Wahid D.J., a senior official at the office.

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