Three dead, seven missing

JAKARTA (JP): Three ship crew members died and seven were missing after a fishing ship sank in the Indian Ocean on Dec. 18.

A Tanjung Priok Harbor Police sergeant said the bodies of Sumono, 26, Bambang, 19, and Sutarno, 29, were found floating in the ocean by another ship on Tuesday.

"The KM Jaya Indah Makmur ship sank because of heavy waves," he said.

Bodies of five of the seven missing people have reportedly been found but their bodies have yet to be sent to the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital's morgue for post mortem examinations.

Bambang and Sutarno lived in Tegal, Central Java while Sumono lived in Bajarnegara, Central Java. (jun)