Papua Governor Solossa dies<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jayapura\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Papua Governor Jacobus Perviddya Solossa died on Monday shortly
\nafter he was admitted to the hospital due to a suspected heart
\nattack.<\/p>\n
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono immediately sent his
\ncondolences to the family over the death of the governor, who was
\na persistent advocate of special autonomy for the natural
\nresource-rich but underdeveloped province.<\/p>\n
Speaking in an unscheduled media conference at the State
\nPalace, the President said he had ordered Vice President Jusuf
\nKalla to lead the funeral of Solossa, scheduled for Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Susilo said he had wanted to preside over the burial ceremony,
\nbut was scheduled to induct military and police academy graduates
\nin Surabaya on that day. Susilo led the funeral of North Sumatra
\nGovernor Tengku Rizal Nurdin, who died in a plane crash in
\nSeptember.<\/p>\n
Solossa died at 59 years old, as Papua came into the media
\nspotlight after famine killed at least 55 people in villages in
\nthe remote Yahukimo regency. One hundred and twelve others were
\nhospitalized.<\/p>\n
An on-duty emergency care doctor at the Dok 2 General Hospital
\nin the provincial capital of Jayapura, Theopilus O Lay, said
\nSolossa was unconscious when his driver admitted him at 8:55 p.m.
\nEast Indonesia Time (6:55 p.m. Jakarta time).<\/p>\n
Quoting the driver, Theopilus said the governor complained
\nabout respiratory problems on his way from a Christmas
\ncelebration at the Cendrawasih Sports Hall to commemorate
\nIndonesia's fight for sovereignty over Papua at his office.<\/p>\n
\"The driver said the governor fell unconscious en route to the
\nhospital. There was a little bit of a foam-like discharge from
\nhis mouth and we detected no arterial beat, but we kept giving
\nhim a cardiac massage,\" Theopilus said.<\/p>\n
Doctors immediately moved Solossa to the Intensive Care Unit
\nbut at 9:45 p.m. they declared the governor dead.<\/p>\n
A holder of a doctorate in politics from Padjadjaran
\nUniversity, Solossa is survived by his wife Emma Yacomina Maury
\nand two children, Ekatherma MS Solossa and Aquino LR Solossa.<\/p>\n
Born in Sorong on May 8, 1948, Solossa started his political
\ncareer in the Golkar Party. One year into his second term as a
\nHouse of Representatives legislator, he won the Papua
\ngubernatorial election in 2000. His tenure as the governor had
\nexpired last month but the government extended it until January
\nnext year to prepare for the first direct gubernatorial election.<\/p>",
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