Four dead, 38 missing after ferry sinks near Bali

Four people died, 38 were missing and 23 survived after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near the Indonesian island of Bali, news channel MetroTV reported, citing Indonesia's Search and Rescue agency.

The boat KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java’s Ketapang port late on Wednesday, the agency said on Thursday in a separate statement.

A search for the missing is underway, the agency added.

(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru and Stanley Widianto in Jakarta; Editing by Kim Coghill and Stephen Coates)