Big wave drowns two seafarers

JAKARTA: A fisherman was killed and another is missing after a small fishing boat capsized near Kali Baru Port in Cilincing, North Jakarta, on Thursday night.

Authorities identified the deceased as M. Suherman, 22, and the missing man as Cahyani, 45.

A survivor of the incident, Sabeni, 50, said the trio were heading back to port after a fishing trip, but about a mile offshore the boat was hit by a large wave and overturned, throwing the men into the sea.

The majority of Kali Baru's 500 fishermen have been forced to remain at port due to bad weather and high seas along the northern Java coast in recent weeks. A few fishermen have risked going to sea as they need to earn money. --JP