Search ends for ferry victims

INDONESIA has ended a search of one of the world’s deepest lakes for the bodies of dozens of victims of a ferry disaster two weeks ago.

The day, dreaded by families of the missing, was marked with prayers and the erection of a monument.

The wooden ferry, five times over its passenger limit, sank in the volcanic crater lake on Sumatra in rough weather on June 18.

The official toll yesterday was 21 survivors, three bodies found and 164 people missing, presumed drowned.