SURABAYA The East Java Regional Police deployed personnel to assist in the search for victims of the passenger motor boat (KMP) Tunu Pratama Jaya which sank in the Bali Strait on Wednesday (2/7) night.
The Head of Public Relations of the East Java Police, Kombes Jules Abraham Abast, stated that his party had deployed ships and personnel from the Polairud Directorate of the East Java Police to assist the search process in Banyuwangi waters.
"The East Java Police have dispatched Polair Ships and a number of personnel to assist in the search for victims," said Kombes Abast to reporters in Surabaya, Thursday, July 3.
Abast explained that KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya carried 53 passengers and 12 crew members or crew members. Four people managed to survive, while 61 passengers were still missing.
"And information from the National Search and Rescue Agency (National SAR Agency) currently there are four survivors of Banyuwangi residents," said the officer with three golden jasmine.
Based on data from the Surabaya SAR Office, as many as four passengers managed to save themselves using sickles. They were found in the waters of Cekik, Bali, on Thursday at 05.15 WITA.
The four survivors were Saroji (47), Mansur (40), and Romi Alga Hidayat, all of whom came from Blimbingsari, Banyuwangi, and Sandi (44) from Genteng, Banyuwangi. Currently, they are being questioned by officers at the Gilimanuk BPTD Office.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Surabaya SAR Office, Nanang Sigit, said that his party had deployed SAR ships to support search operations.
"The KN SAR 249 Permadi with 13 crew departed on Thursday morning from the Tanjung Perak Navigation District Pier in Surabaya towards the Bali Strait," he said.
He said the ship departed at 05.30 WIB and was expected to arrive at the search location at 14.30 WIB.
KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya reportedly transported a total of 65 passengers during the sinking. Until now, the joint search operation is still ongoing.
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