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The death toll from a boat sinking off East Java’s north coast in Indonesia on June 17 has risen to 18, local authorities said.

At least one person died and 12 others went missing as an overloaded wooden boat capsized in a river in West Kalimantan province of central Indonesia on January 21.

At least six people were killed and seven others were reported missing as a boat capsized in waters off East Java province, Indonesia, on July 19.

A speedboat with 51 people onboard capsized off North Kalimantan province in central Indonesia on July 25, killing at least eight people, including two German tourists.

A wooden boat carrying 25 schoolboys aged from 12 to 19 of the same school capsized on the Bengawan Solo River in the province of East Java, Indonesia.

Up to 11 cruise boats in the Han River were allowed to resume their night city tours on June 14 after a ten-day safety review hiatus as requested by the Da Nang city People’s Committee.

Da Nang city’s Investigation Police Office has decided to take proceedings against those involved in the boat capsize on the Han river in Da Nang on the night of June 4, which left three dead.

Overloading is the initial reason of the recent capsize of a cruise boat in the Han River in Da Nang city on the night of June 4, leaving three people missing.

Malaysian rescuers retrieved 35 more bodies on September 6, bringing the death toll in the boat accident to 50, according to the country’s authorities.