Navy boat to fetch stranded Acehnese

Navy boat to fetch stranded Acehnese

SABANG, Aceh: The Indonesian Navy ship KRI Tongkol departed
Saturday morning for India's Andaman island, off the eastern
coast of the Bay of Bengal, to pick up 12 stranded fishermen,
Antara reported.

KRI Tongkol's captain, Lt. Commander Ary Sembiring, said here
Saturday that a huge swell had most likely forced the boatload of
fishermen, all Acehnese, off course. There are at least 42
Acehnese fishermen stranded in Nicobar and Andaman islands, he
said.

"However, only 12 of them have been cleared by authorities in
the islands and are now ready to return," he said, adding they
were scheduled to return to Aceh's Malahayati Port on Thursday.