JAKARTA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a passenger ship sinking in Indonesia's Bali Strait has risen to 15 as of Thursday, while search continued for 20 people still missing, a local official said.
Two bodies were found this morning and another on Wednesday evening, bringing the total death toll to 15, said Novita Nirmala, a senior official from the East Java Search and Rescue Office, told Xinhua.
A wooden ship was en route from Ketapang seaport in Banyuwangi regency, East Java province, to Gilimanuk seaport in Jembrana regency, Bali Island, when it sank before midnight on July 2. ■