Fate of missing Indonesian shipcrew still a mystery

The Jakarta Post

BEIJING (Antara): The fate of an Indonesian shipcrew,Mihi Raja, 29, who was reported missing in the East Chinese Sea after a ship collision on April 9, 2007, was still a mystery.

"Up till now, the Indonesian embassy here maintained contact with the local security authorities asking for the fate of the missing Indonesian sailor following the collision. But no reply on his fate has been received," an official of the Indonesian embassy in Beijing, Nicolas Hendrik T Manopo, said Monday.

According to him, his side maintained contact with theauthorities in Zhejiang province, the location where the collision happened, but till now there was no reply on the missing sailor.

The search for the missing Indonesian continued in rough waters.

Recent reports said the local authorities would disassemble the ship's body to find the missing Indonesian shipcrew and other victims.