Indonesian killed in S. Korea

Indonesian killed in S. Korea

SEOUL (AFP): An Indonesian first officer was killed and three other persons injured in an engine room explosion aboard a 1,200 ton freighter anchored in the South Korean port of Ulsan, Yonhap news agency said yesterday.

The agency quoted Ulsan Maritime Police as saying First Engineer Suryanto, 45, was killed in the blast, apparently from a compressed air tank on the St. Vincent and Grenadines' registered Shin-Pung Ho as it was preparing to leave the port.

Two of the injured were listed as Assistant Captain Algazaly, 35, and the 52-year-old Korean skipper of the freighter, Kim Mal- Je.

The Shin-Pung Ho had been carrying steel from Japan.