Bakamla Finds The Bodies Of Missing Taiwanese Citizens In The Waters Of The Thousand Islands
JAKARTA - Bakamla personnel who are members of the Joint SAR Team have succeeded in finding Taiwanese nationals who drowned from the KM Pari Kudus accident in the waters of Rambut Island, Jakarta.
The victim with the initials SHI YI (48) was found dead floating at the northern Pondok Rowing Pier.
"The victim was found at a distance of 13.92 NM not far from the KM Pari Kudus ship capsized," said the Head of the Joint SAR Team, Agung, Friday, March 15.
It is known, on Monday (11/3) KM Pari Kudus carried 32 passengers and 3 crew members from Asha Resort, Payung Island, South Thousand Islands, going to Mutiara Beach.
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However, at that time the weather was bad, so KM Pari Kudus was hit by high waves accompanied by strong winds. The accident was inevitable to make the ship capsized.
A total of 32 passengers consist of 5 Chinese nationals, 4 Taiwanese nationals, 1 Korean citizen, and 22 Indonesian citizens.
The personnel involved other than Bakamla RI are the Rescue Team for the Jakarta Search and Rescue Office, Mutiara Beach Basarnas, Thousand Islands Police, Airud Untung Jawa Post, TNI AL Post, Polair Polda Metro Jaya and local residents.