Jakarta

A passenger ship with 77 people on board sank in the waters off Indonesia's eastern province of North Maluku, leaving 13 people missing.

The ship, KM Cahaya Arafah, was hit by huge waves in poor weather conditions when it was sailing in the waters off Halmahera Selatan district on Monday night.

Personnel from the office and the local disaster management agency, soldiers, policemen and volunteers have been carrying out a search and rescue operation.

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64 people have so far been rescued.