News in brief: STO supplier ship sinks en route to Maldives

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22 Oct 2019, 9:00 AM

Cargo boat sinks with onion shipment

A cargo vessel carrying an onion shipment from India sank on Monday en route to the Maldives.

Contrary to media reports, the ship does not belong to the State Trading Organisation, the state-owned company’s managing director Hussain Amr . The boat sank about miles off the Maldives coast with 1,500 sacks of onions, STO communication director told Raajje TV.

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