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Police in Indonesia are formally investigating the master of the Virgo Transport 8, the ferry that capsized in the Java Sea last month with the loss of dozens of lives. Hari ke-17 , Pencarian korban KM Virgo Transport 8 kembali membuahkan hasil, Tim SAR gabungan menemukan 5 jenazah dari dalam bangkai kapal. Dengan temuan terbaru ini, total korban masih dalam pencarian berkisar 64 penumpang.#KMvirgo#kapalvirgo SC: Basarnas https://t.co/r1qNkD0N1B pic.twitter.com/1W7RgXK6JL
Local police in South Kalimantan initially handled the case, and the captain remains in detention in their care. Responsibility for the criminal investigation has been passed up to the National Police’s Water Police Directorate for further work. At this stage, the inquiry is still preliminary – involving interviews and event sequence reconstruction – and the police are determining who (if anyone) may be accused of wrongdoing, an officer told Jakarta Globe. Hari ke 16, Senin Penampakkan terkini sekat an, kamar penumpang yang berada di dalam badan kapal KM Virgo Transport 8. Tim maseh berusaha untuk menyisir segala sudut kapal mencari korban, berharap ada mujizat didepan mata. Jarak pandang yg terbatas, kapal miring, maupun… https://t.co/r1qNkD0N1B pic.twitter.com/7y4FBTeyFV
On Sept. 30, the 18th day of search operations, divers and shoreside beach teams recovered another four bodies, bringing the total number of confirmed fatalities to 78 people. Many have been retrieved from inside the wreck in difficult conditions, including five who were found on the 17th day of the search (Sept. 29). 57 remain missing and the effort to locate them continues.
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