guardian.co.uk, Friday 24 June 2011 10.16 BST
Four crew members of a Russian ship anchored off Borneo have died and three others are seriously ill after drinking homemade Indonesian alcohol, police said.
Authorities are searching for a local man they believe sold liquor mixed with a homemade brew, central Kalimantan police spokesman Edi Ciptianto said.
Three men were found dead on the ship, the Captain Kurbatskiy, on Thursday, Ciptianto said.
Four other crew members suffered from breathing problems, dizziness and vomiting after drinking the liquor and were taken to hospital, he said. One, a woman, died shortly after arriving at the hospital.
Ciptianto said the alcohol was being tested.
"We are still investigating the cause of their deaths and plan autopsies," he said.
The Captain Kurbatskiy, with 24 crew, is in Indonesian waters to take on a cargo of iron ore from a port near the Borneo city of Banjarmasin.
Late last year three Russian engineers who were in Indonesia to assemble fighter jets bought from Russia died at an air force base after suddenly falling ill. Local media reports said autopsies found they had consumed rubbing alcohol, which is usually used as a disinfectant or for pain relief.
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