Captain of ferry that sank arrested
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian police have arrested the captain of a passenger ferry that sank in the Java Sea in September, killing dozens, a spokesperson said Thursday.
The skipper was detained as the search for victims was in its third week, national police spokesperson Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko told Agence France-Presse.
He did not provide further information.
The ferry had been transporting 213 passengers and 30 crew when it lost contact after departing from Indonesia’s second largest city Surabaya on Java island, headed for Banjarmasin on Borneo.
Dozens remain officially missing in the search operation that has retrieved 108 survivors to date.
Nearly 80 people have been confirmed dead.
Marine accidents regularly occur in Indonesia, a vast Southeast Asian archipelago of more than 17,000 islands that relies heavily on boat connections for daily transport and tourism.
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