Jasa Raharja compensates Kramatdjati bus victims<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): PT Jasa Raharja, the state-owned insurance
\ncompany, yesterday compensated six beneficiaries of the eleven
\nJakarta residents who died in last Saturday's toll road bus
\ntragedy.<\/p>\n
\"It wasn't our intention to convert the value of lives lost
\ninto money, but this is the only support we can offer,\" Muhadjir
\nAmir, head of the Jakarta branch of Jasa Raharja, told victims'
\nrelatives.<\/p>\n
Last Saturday, a fatal collision between a bus and three cars
\nat the Jagorawi turnpike, 40 kilometers south of Jakarta, killed
\n31 people and injured dozens of others.<\/p>\n
Yesterday's payment was made to relatives of those victims
\nresident in Jakarta. Beneficiaries of seven victims from West
\nJava were compensated on Monday through the Bandung branch office
\nof Jasa Raharja. The company will soon compensate beneficiaries
\nof victims who lived in West Kalimantan, East Java and Central
\nJava.<\/p>\n
The allocation of compensation is based on the victims'
\nresidency.<\/p>\n
The Kramatdjati bus accident, in which 29 passengers were
\ntrapped inside the burning vehicle, cost the insurance company Rp
\n40 million.<\/p>\n
Erlangga and Tanti, siblings who lost their parents and a
\nyounger brother, urged drivers to be more responsible in carrying
\nout their duty.<\/p>\n
\"We haven't decided where we'll live now,\" Tanti, holding back
\ntears, told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Relatives of the deceased victims received up to Rp 5 million
\nin compensation while up to Rp 2.5 million was given to each of
\nthe injured.<\/p>\n
Muhadjir urged the public to claim insurance compensation if
\nthey suffer loss caused by traffic and public transport
\naccidents.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, state-owned PT Jamsostek, that runs a social
\nsecurity program for workers, yesterday paid more than Rp 30
\nmillion (US$12,733) in compensation for three workers who were
\nkilled in an overpass accident in Grogol, West Jakarta, last
\nweek.<\/p>\n
The money was handed over by Kristioso, chief of the company's
\nJakarta branch, to the victims' families in their home village of
\nCikampek, West Java.<\/p>\n
The three victims --Surjaya bin Kasim (21), Saman bin Eman
\n(34) and Wandi bin Diong (26)-- who were represented by their
\nwives, received a little over Rp 10 million each.<\/p>\n
Tati Hasanah binti Oman, who represented his husband Surjaya,
\nexpressed her appreciation for the quick and good service of the
\ninsurance company.<\/p>\n
\"I am touched that PT Jamsostek has worked so fast to pay the
\ncompensation. I am sure that it will be very helpful to our
\nfamilies,\" she said tearfully.<\/p>\n
Kristioso said his company would also pay the medical bills
\nfor 18 other workers who were treated at the Sumber Waras
\nhospital.<\/p>\n
PT Hanbo Bumi Karsa, the firm that employed the victims in the
\nconstruction project, gave Rp 2 million to each victim's
\nrelatives as a gesture of the company's moral and social
\nresponsibility for the accident.<\/p>\n
The social fund was handed over by Jang-cho Boo, a senior
\nofficial of the construction company. (14\/rms)<\/p>",
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