Ship Carrying Indonesian Crew Members Sinks off Johor Coast

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A cargo ship carrying 15 Indonesian crew members sink off Johor Bahru west coast in Malaysia.

“The incident took place on June 14. Fourteen were unharmed and one was treated at Melaka Hospital and one died. The process to send them back will be carried out by the Transportation Attache of Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur,” Indonesian Consul-General in Johor Bahru Haris Nugroho said today, June 16.

Aside from the incident, reports also said that a trade ship carrying six Indonesians caught fire on June 15.

“On June 15, we were informed by SPCG [Singapore Police Coast Guard] that a trade ship MT PUTRI SEA carrying six Indonesian crew members caught fire… southeast of Tanjung Pengelih [Malaysia].”

All crew members reportedly managed to leave the ship.

“A motorboat from DM 7 Tanjung Sedili has been tasked with investigating the incident. But upon arrival at the scene, it did not see the ship being reported. A monitoring and search were subsequently conducted,” he said.

Hari said that oil spill allegedly from the burned ship was found. He suspected that the ship sunk in the incident.

“The next step is to await Jabatan Laut [Malaysian Marine Department] to place buoys at the scene and carry out oil spill security measures. SAR team is searching six missing crew members,” Haris Nugroho said.

ANTARA