A pitiful tugboat carrying asylum seekers, believed to consist of 204 migrants from Sri Lanka, Iran and Iraq, sank off the coast of Indonesia, as it was headed to Australia on Tuesday.

Rescuers are still searching for survivors. Local Police Chief Lt Col Dedy Kusuma said Wednesday that 189 people were rescued and nine bodies were recovered after the tugboat sank Tuesday night about five kilometers (three miles) off the coast of West Java's Cianjur district, reported HuffingtonPost.com.

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