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        "msgid": "hunger-strike-goes-on-as-two-hospitalized-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-10-16 00:00:00",
        "title": "Hunger strike goes on as two hospitalized",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Hunger strike goes on as two hospitalized Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two Acehnese who participated in a hunger strike for three days at the provincial legislature here were rushed to the hospital on Tuesday with digestive disorders. But dozens of others vowed to keep up the fight, despite a deterioration in their state of health, until their demand for disbursement of state funds was fulfilled.",
        "content": "<p>Hunger strike goes on as two hospitalized<\/p>\n<p>Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>Two Acehnese who participated in a hunger strike for three<br>\ndays at the provincial legislature here were rushed to the<br>\nhospital on Tuesday with digestive disorders.<\/p>\n<p>But dozens of others vowed to keep up the fight, despite a<br>\ndeterioration in their state of health, until their demand for<br>\ndisbursement of state funds was fulfilled. One of them, Suminem,<br>\n62, suffered a stomachache and vomited several times, but refused<br>\nmedical treatment,<\/p>\n<p>Sumitro, the strike coordinator, said that M. Hasan, 58, was<br>\nhospitalized in Malahayati Hospital while Zulkifli, 36, was taken<br>\nto Pirngadi Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, provincial administration spokesman Eddy Sofyan<br>\nsaid that thousands of Acehnese refugees, who had been taking<br>\nshelter at the compound of the governor's office, were given 24<br>\nhours to abandon the site or face expulsion.<\/p>\n<p>\"They have no option but to leave because the local government<br>\nemployees have complained about the disruption caused by their<br>\npresence,\" Eddy told The Jakarta Post said.<\/p>\n<p>The refugees had built tents inside the office parking lot.<br>\nThey had also established a public kitchen and dried their<br>\nclothes on lines surrounding the office, giving the compound the<br>\nappearance of a shanty town.<\/p>\n<p>The displaced people, who have been living in temporary<br>\nshelters in Medan, Deli Serdang and Langkat, turned up in large<br>\nnumbers on Sunday to join in the strike at the governor's office<br>\nto demand disbursement of state funds allocated to them, with 25<br>\nof them taking part in a hunger strike in front of the provincial<br>\nlegislature next door.<\/p>\n<p>They vowed to continue their rally until the provincial<br>\nadministration disbursed Rp 100.5 billion in government funds<br>\nprovided by the Ministry of Social Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The funds were disbursed by the ministry two months ago to the<br>\nprovincial administration.<\/p>",
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