240,000 children in East Java neglected<\/p>\n
SURABAYA: No less than 240,000 children were found in
\nneglected condition all over East Java during 2001, with over
\nhalf or 150,982 comprising child refugees from restive Aceh and
\nMaluku provinces, West Kalimantan's Sambas regency and Central
\nKalimantan's Sampit regency.<\/p>\n
East Java Deputy Governor Imam Supardi said in Surabaya on
\nThursday that some of them were forsaken after they had become
\nschool dropouts, while others were street children with no
\nschooling, now totaling around 5,000 in the city.<\/p>\n
He expressed hope that the public would actively participate
\nin promoting and providing human rights protection for the kids,
\nparticularly the children's rights.<\/p>\n
Supardi pointed out that there were also 5,000 underage
\nworkers in the province.<\/p>\n
According to the Director General of Human Rights Protection,
\nthe UNICEF data of 1999 showed that eight million children in
\nIndonesia became school dropouts due to the economic crisis.<\/p>\n
Based on a report of the Children's Protection Commission in
\n2001, 50,000 street kids were roaming in 12 major Indonesian
\ncities, besides 400,000 local child refugees facing social
\nproblems and 10.6 million handicapped children.<\/p>",
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