Two marines missing off Laut island

JAKARTA (Antara): Two Indonesian marines were declared missing after they disappeared for six days with their traditional wooden fishery boat.

The two -- Serg. Adiamin and Cadet Hendrik -- were tasked to guard Laut island in Riau Islands province. They disappeared after they were sent by their superiors to buy logistics in nearby island with a small fishery boat on Feb. 4.

"Search and Rescue (SAR) team is using Nomad plane owned by Navy Force are combing the area to search (the two marines)," Commander of Tanjungpinang Navy Base Among Margono told Antara news agency Saturday.

Laut island is located near border line between Indonesia and Vietnam territory.