Lantamal VII: One Fisherman Who Drowned In The Timor Sea East Nusa Tenggara Found Dead

Commander of Lantamal VII Kupang First Admiral (Laksma) TNI Heribertus Yudho Warsono. ANTARA/Kornelis Kaha

KUPANG - The TNI Naval Base (Lantamal) VII Kupang reported that one of the nine fishermen missing in the waters of Pasir Island, Timor Sea, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), was found dead.

"Yes, it happened on Sunday (20/3) yesterday and we have also received information from the Australian Embassy," said Commander of Lantamal VII Kupang, First Admiral (Laksma) TNI Heribertus Yudho Warsono, in Kupang as reported by Antara, Monday, March 21.

This was conveyed in connection with the sinking of a fishing boat in the waters of Pulau Pasir, where previously three people were reported to have survived and nine people were declared missing.

Yudho said the team from the Rote Regency Naval Base (Lanal) had already taken action, but due to the distance and the information was late, it was difficult to reach the location where the ship was reported to have sunk.

With the discovery of the missing crew member (ABK), there are now eight crew members of the missing fishing boat including the captain.

However, according to him, his party does not yet know the name of one crew member who was found dead.

He said the three crew members of the ship when the ship sank were found by an Australian patrol boat and are now safe.

Now the three crew members on behalf of Melki Giri, Abel Kanuk, and Riki Balu are in Australia and are receiving treatment.

As previously reported, a fishing boat named Kuda Laut belonging to a fisherman from Rote Ndao Regency reportedly sank in the waters of Pulau Pasir with coordinates 12.26.604 south latitude (LS) and 121.25.307 southeast.

The sunken ship was found by an Australian Patrol vessel on patrol, which immediately rescued a number of the fishermen who survived.