Holland America crew member was arrested by FBI after he confessed that he tried to rape a 31 year old woman onboard Nieuw Amsterdam and then tried to throw her overboard. The incident took place during a nudist cruise organized by Bare Necessities.

Ketut had arrived at the woman’s stateroom aboard the MS Nieuw Amsterdam the morning of Valentine’s Day with breakfast but was unable to rouse the passenger. He continued to knock when she didn’t answer the door, reportedly prompting the passenger to shout ”Wait a minute, son of a bitch,” from her stateroom. 

“[Ketut] stated that the passenger’s comment of ‘son of a bitch’ was offensive to himself and his parents,”

 After the incident, he broke in the evening in her cabin and hid on the balcony returned to his victim.  He hit the woman with a laptop and tried to strangle her with a telephone wire but the lady fought back. Pujayasa later told the FBI that he had the intention to throw his victim overboard. Fortunately, the 31-year-old woman, who participated in the eight-day cruise from Florida to the Bahamas on Nieuw Amsterdam, was rescued after a fellow passenger was alarmed by the shouting and the door of her own cabin began to pound.  The cruise ship halted in Honduras and hence the lady was flown by helicopter to Miami. The Indonesian was arrested and charged with assault and murder attempt.