Indonesian police have arrested two crewmen of an overcrowded speedboat that capsized the day before as rescuers continued searching for the dozens of passengers still missing.
Batam island police chief Sambudi Gusdian said the two crewmen, who were among the 39 people rescued, were arrested as they tried to flee to the nearby island of Bintan.
The fate of a third crewman, believed to be the captain, was still not known, he said. A woman believed to be responsible for the voyage was arrested on Wednesday as she tried to leave Batam for nearby Singapore.
The boat was carrying Indonesian workers home from Malaysia when it capsized off the Indonesian island of Batam early Wednesday during stormy weather. Police suspect the trip was illegal and the workers were undocumented because of the high fares that passengers said they paid.
Eighteen bodies have been identified and 39 people were rescued on Wednesday.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of the country's disaster mitigation agency, said 101 people were on the boat and 44 are missing.
