RI navy plane spots victims<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (Reuters): The Indonesian navy has discovered 19
\nbodies believed to be those of passengers on a ship which sank in
\nthe South China Sea last weekend, the Antara news agency said on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
The bodies were spotted by a navy plane on Friday about 60
\nnautical miles from Pontianak, the provincial capital of West
\nKalimantan on the Indonesian side of Borneo island.<\/p>\n
Port officials say around 325 people were aboard the KLM Arta
\nRimba, which sank last Saturday about 70 nautical miles northwest
\nof Pontianak on the way from Kuala Sambas on the west coast of
\nKalimantan to Riau province in Sumatra.<\/p>\n
Twenty people, including the captain, were rescued. The ship
\nwas licensed to carry timber, not passengers.<\/p>\n
Many of the passengers had been tempted on board by offers of
\ncheap passage to Riau where they were told they could find jobs.<\/p>\n
About 340 people died in February 1996 when a ferry sank in
\nheavy seas off the coast of northern Sumatra.<\/p>",
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