JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Thursday that he had ordered “optimal” search and rescue efforts for a submarine and its 53 crew that went missing in waters north of the island of Bali,
He said the crew were the “main priority” of the search and expressed his sympathy to the their family members over their ongoing ordeal.
Reporting by Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Stanley Widianto; Editing by Martin Petty