Jembrana Police, Bali, asked fishermen to help rescue KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya passengers who drowned in the waters of the Bali Strait.
"We ask that when fishing fishermen also monitor the surrounding area. Who knows, finds the passengers of the ship that sank, as well as items related to the disaster," said Melaya Police Chief Adjunct Commissioner of Police (AKP) I Ketut Sukadana, in Jembrana, Saturday, while conducting patrols on the coast of the area.
For fishermen who find passengers or related items, he asks to contact the local Bhabinkamtibmas, or the police station via call number 110.
He said his party would routinely carry out patrols on the coast related to the sinking of KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya, in order to take action quickly if passengers or goods were found.
KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya which was in the manifest carried 53 passengers, 12 crew members, and 22 vehicles of various types drowned in the Bali Strait, Thursday (3/7) at around 00.30 WITA.
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Patrols and approaches to fishermen to monitor the sea were also carried out by the Jembrana Police Unit (Polairud) of the Jembrana Police while combing the waters from Gilimanuk, Melaya District to Paguma, Negara District.
"We deployed two ships to search the waters from Gilimanuk to Paguma. In addition to the passengers of the ship that sank, we are also looking for items related to the incident," said Head of the Jembrana Police Polairud Unit Adjunct Commissioner of Police (AKP) I Putu Suparta.
For the evacuation of passengers other than the Joint SAR Team, the role of fishermen is also large, as evidenced by the dozens of passengers they managed to save.
In the morning after the ship sank, fishermen from Pabuhan Hamlet, Banyubiru Village, Negara District, which is tens of kilometers from the location where the sinking of the ship managed to save dozens of passengers.
In addition to the passengers who survived, the bodies of several passengers who died were also found by fishermen from Pabuma to waters near Pengambengan Village, Negara District.
A number of fishermen in Gilimanuk who were met said that the current when KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank was indeed heading east.
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