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RI SHIP PICKING UP BOAT ACCIDENT SURVIVORS IN MALAYSIA : ENVOY
Bogor, W Java, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has sent a ship to Malaysia to pick up Indonesian workers (TKIs) who survived a boat accident in Malaysian waters near Port Klang, Selangor, on Monday, Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Dai Bachtiar said here on Thursday.
After conveying his Idul Fitri wishes to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the latter's Puri Cikeas private residence in Bogor, Bachtiar said the ship to pick up the survivors arrived in Port Klang on Thursday.
"God willing, they can go home as soon as possible. The Malaysian immigration is now processing their immigration documents. The ship we sent to pick them up has already arrived in Port Klang," the ambassador said.
He said from the legal point of view, the TKIs had violated Malaysian immigration rules because they did not carry proper documents.
But, he said, the Indonesian embassy had handled the problem in coordination with the Malaysian Home Affairs Ministry so that Indonesia was allowed to pick them up.
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.
Isa Munir, a maritime police chief, said earlier 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 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.
The number of Indonesian survivors in the incident stood at 125 passengers while those found dead numbered 12 and three others were still missing.
After conveying his Idul Fitri wishes to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the latter's Puri Cikeas private residence in Bogor, Bachtiar said the ship to pick up the survivors arrived in Port Klang on Thursday.
"God willing, they can go home as soon as possible. The Malaysian immigration is now processing their immigration documents. The ship we sent to pick them up has already arrived in Port Klang," the ambassador said.
He said from the legal point of view, the TKIs had violated Malaysian immigration rules because they did not carry proper documents.
But, he said, the Indonesian embassy had handled the problem in coordination with the Malaysian Home Affairs Ministry so that Indonesia was allowed to pick them up.
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.
Isa Munir, a maritime police chief, said earlier 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 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.
The number of Indonesian survivors in the incident stood at 125 passengers while those found dead numbered 12 and three others were still missing.
