the ferry owner pt mon setiawan ' s spokesman blamed indonesian port governments for the sinking . " the passengers facility of the ferry is 205 minutes but the port administrator accepted more passengers as they figured it was possible , " he said . the national meteorological and geophysics bureau , however , had published and issued an alert reading about high waves on saturdays . it specifically stated that " saturday 10th and the 11th , indonesian waters would have witnessed storm force waves , " but despite the strong warnings km teratai set for the skies .
An Indonesian ferry with 300 passengers sank.