Baby crushed to death at port

SAMPIT, Central Kalimantan: A baby was crushed to death Tuesday as thousands of people thronged Sampit Port here on their way home for Idul Fitri, Antara reported yesterday.

Two men were also injured when the crowd scrambled for seats on board the MV Bukit Raya ship bound for Surabaya, East Java.

Sampit Port administrator Darmo Sumarto Manurung said about 4,000 people headed to Java gathered at the port to board the ship with a capacity of only 1,700 passengers.

However, 3,000 people managed to get on board.

Sources said many of the passengers had to pay three times the usual fare of Rp 48,000 (US$4.80) per person in the economy class while others were able to get on board without tickets after bribing port officials. (swe)