Batam administration secretary Agus Suhiman said Monday that an official at the administration, Bram Sujatmiko, was believed to be among the victims of the ill-fated Dumai Ekspress 10 which sank off Karimun island in Riau Islands on Sunday.
Agus told Tempointeraktif.com that Bram, head of the Batam administration's park agency, bought VVIP tickets for himself, his wife and two children, but their names were not in the ferry's manifest.
Amiruddin AT, former head of Batam Land Agency, was also among those who were still missing.
The chief of the command post for search and rescue operation in Sekupang port, Adj. Comr. Suyatno said that based on the manifest, the ferry carried 213 passengers. However, the search and rescue team had rescued 261 passengers alive and found 29 dead bodies.
Among the dead victim is the ferry's owner, Hendratno alias Boing, 55.
According Agus Sahiman, initial reports have it that the ferry was hit by high waves, which at the time of accident, ranged between three to four meters.
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