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RI ENVOY VISITS SHIPWRECK SURVIVORS IN M`SIA
Kuala Lumpur, Sept 31 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Dai Bachtiar came to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah hospital at Klang, Selangor,on Tuesday to see a number of Indonesian workers who survived the sinking of their boat.
The ambassador, who also visited those who were held by police in Klang, expressed his concern over the incident and explained to the victims the embassy's efforts the victims who were still shocked, traumatized and exhausted after their ordeal in the sea.
Bachtiar also saw the bodies of dead victims and suvivors who did not need medical treatment at the Klang police office.
Siti Jubaidah, one of the victims, said the boat had been sailing for about 10 minutes when all of a sudden it rolled and sank.
"We all jumped into the sea. I could not swim but I was able to remain afloat by clinging to a suitcase," she said.
A boat carrying some 150 Indonesian workers (TKIs) from Malaysia sank in Malaysian waters about three km from Port Klang on the western coast of the Malaysian peninsula at 7.30 am on Tuesday, causing the death of at least 10 of its passengers, police said.
Isa Munir, a maritime police chief, said an oil tanker and a tugboat which happened to pass the scene of the accident rescued a number of the people who had been on the boat.
The boat was carrying some 150 Indonesian workers who wanted to go to their hometowns in Sumatra to celebrate Idul Fitri, the post-fasting month festivity.
According to a Malaysian online media, an oil tanker named Awana Liverpool picked up 85 of the ill-fated boat's passengers and a tugboat 30 others.
The rescued victims were taken to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah hospital for immediate medical treatment, it said.
In the meantime, maritime police still continued to carry out search and rescue operations to locate other victims from the boat which was believed to have carried some 150 workers, exceeding its capacity of 70 passengers.
The ambassador, who also visited those who were held by police in Klang, expressed his concern over the incident and explained to the victims the embassy's efforts the victims who were still shocked, traumatized and exhausted after their ordeal in the sea.
Bachtiar also saw the bodies of dead victims and suvivors who did not need medical treatment at the Klang police office.
Siti Jubaidah, one of the victims, said the boat had been sailing for about 10 minutes when all of a sudden it rolled and sank.
"We all jumped into the sea. I could not swim but I was able to remain afloat by clinging to a suitcase," she said.
A boat carrying some 150 Indonesian workers (TKIs) from Malaysia sank in Malaysian waters about three km from Port Klang on the western coast of the Malaysian peninsula at 7.30 am on Tuesday, causing the death of at least 10 of its passengers, police said.
Isa Munir, a maritime police chief, said an oil tanker and a tugboat which happened to pass the scene of the accident rescued a number of the people who had been on the boat.
The boat was carrying some 150 Indonesian workers who wanted to go to their hometowns in Sumatra to celebrate Idul Fitri, the post-fasting month festivity.
According to a Malaysian online media, an oil tanker named Awana Liverpool picked up 85 of the ill-fated boat's passengers and a tugboat 30 others.
The rescued victims were taken to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah hospital for immediate medical treatment, it said.
In the meantime, maritime police still continued to carry out search and rescue operations to locate other victims from the boat which was believed to have carried some 150 workers, exceeding its capacity of 70 passengers.
