Sailor's fate uncertain<\/p>\n
ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya<\/p>\n
Some 15 crew members of the Kawan Kita VII have been missing at
\nsea since Dec. 22, when their vessel sank in the waters off
\nKalimantan, and their fate is still unknown, an official said on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
Arifin Soenardjo, a senior official at Tanjung Priok harbor,
\nsaid there were two possibilities -- that the 15 sailors sank
\nalong with their ship or were saved and taken aboard by passing
\nships.<\/p>\n
He said the ship sank while it was on its way from Batu Licin
\nseaport, South Kalimantan, to Celukan Bawang seaport, Bali.<\/p>\n
\"The ship, which was carrying 22 tons of cement, was hit by a
\n4-meter-high wave and sank about 20 miles off Kalimbau Island in
\nSouth Kalimantan,\" he said, adding that the last contact with the
\nship was at 10 p.m. on Dec. 22.<\/p>\n
The missing crew included the captain of the ship, Hariyanto.<\/p>\n
\"We haven't heard any news about the fate of the crew. The
\nleast we could do was order other ships cruising the area to help
\nfind the missing sailors,\" he said.<\/p>",
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