Dutch diver dies in Bali

Dutch diver dies in Bali

DENPASAR, Bali: A Dutch tourist died on Monday while scuba diving
the wreck of a U.S. warship off the eastern coast of Tulamben in
Karangasem, Bali.

Onno Burgen, 41, on a week-long vacation on the resort island,
had spent over three hours at a depth of 17 meters when a rescue
team found his body amid the coral ridges at the helm of the USS
Liberty, which sank near the Lombok strait in 1942.

Coral reefs, teeming with colorful marine life and vegetation
around the skeletal ship, have attracted hundreds of foreign
tourists, particularly divers, to Tulamben, one of Karangasem's
major tourist destinations.

A Japanese tourist, Masaru Suda, 23, also drowned in Gili
Tepekong, Candidasa, not far from the accident site at the
beginning of 2000. --Antara