Google – AFP, 17 March 2014
Malang — A
body believed to be that of a Japanese diver who went missing with six others
off Bali a month ago has been found far from where she disappeared, Indonesian
police said Monday.
The body,
thought to be that of diving instructor Shoko Takahashi, was found at the
weekend on Sempu island, East Java province, some 400 kilometres (250 miles)
from where the divers went missing.
Five of the
other female Japanese divers in the group were rescued days after they went
missing on February 14 while the body of a sixth washed up on the Indonesian
resort island.
(AFP, Sonny Tumbelaka)
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The body
found at the weekend was barely recognisable -- the head was missing -- but
Takahashi's Balinese husband believes it is her due to the clothes inside the
diving suit, police said.
"The
body was found on Saturday on a beach on Sempu island in Malang district,"
Malang marine police chief Slamet Prayitno told AFP.
"The
husband, who came to the hospital last night, said he is 98 percent sure that
the body belongs to his missing Japanese wife."
The body
was flown to a hospital in Bali late Sunday, he said.
Takahashi
was based on the resort island and with her Balinese husband ran the operator
Yellow Scuba that took the divers out on the ill-fated expedition.
The captain
of the boat that took them out has been arrested and faces a charge of
"negligence which caused the loss of life" after leaving the divers
alone in the open seas during the trip.
The women,
all experienced divers, went on the expedition off Nusa Lembongan island, just
east of Bali, an area famed for its stunning underwater beauty but also strong,
unpredictable currents.
The
survivors have told how the weather suddenly turned stormy and huge waves
pushed them for miles before they managed to clamber onto a rocky outcrop near
neighbouring Nusa Penida island.
They were
eventually spotted on the outcrop and plucked to safety. They suffered
dehydration and sunburn but no life-threatening injuries.
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