15 missing in boat capsize

KOLAKA, North Sulawesi: Fifteen people are missing after a boat carrying 20 people capsized near Lasusua on Feb. 6.

The boat was on its way from Walasiho in North Sulawesi to Siwa in South Sulawesi, Kolalaka port administrator La Pido Tole told Antara yesterday.

The boat carried 12 workers, six crew members, one of the boat's owners and a timber trader.

Shortly after leaving Walasido at 12 p.m. it was hit by high waves, La Pido said, adding that the boat carried no cargo.

The five survivors, all crew members, landed safely in Pitulua village the next day aboard a life raft, he said. (pan)