Indonesian police have arrested the captain of a boat that took a group of Japanese divers on an ill-fated expedition off Bali in which at least one woman died.
The man is accused of "negligence which caused the loss of life" by leaving the female divers alone in the open seas during the trip, Handoyo Supeno of Bali marine police said on Thursday.
The news came as officials called off the search for the final missing diver, who was one of seven women who took part in the expedition which set off last Friday from an island east of Bali.
The divers quickly became lost and drifted for miles in stormy seas before five of them managed to clamber onto rocks in the ocean and were rescued three days later.
The body of a sixth diver was found floating near a beach on Tuesday.
Supeno said the captain had been named a suspect following interviews with four of those rescued.
The women told how they "dived for 30 minutes and came to the surface but the Ocean Express was not there", he said, referring to the boat.
Bali search and rescue chief Didi Hamzar said on Thursday evening the hunt for the final missing diver had been called off entirely after another unsuccessful day.
"Everyone in Bali is aware of this incident I am sure they will inform us if they find the missing person," he said.
Four of the rescued divers were earlier discharged from hospital and prepared to return home.
"We apologise for causing tremendous worries and trouble," one of them said.
"We pray the missing person will be found as soon as possible."
