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Bougainville health minister and family lost at sea after boat sinks off Papua New Guinea Leanne Jorari in Port Moresby © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Bernard Sinai/Alamy Authorities in Bougainville are still searching for the autonomous region’s health minister after he and his family went missing in rough seas at the weekend. Charry Napto, his wife and son were among seven people on board a banana boat which was travelling to Nissan Island from Buka, the capital of Bougainville, on Saturday. Three other people, including a technician from Telecommunications company Digicel, are still missing. The only known survivor was a teacher. According to him the boat encountered rough seas and began taking in water before sinking just 150 metres from Nissan Island. He then swam to Pinepal Island, 15 kilometres from Nissan.

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