RI haj pilgrim lost in Mecca<\/p>\n
SURABAYA, East Java: A haj pilgrim from the 37th flight group
\noriginating from the East Java capital Surabaya has not yet
\nreturned and is still missing in Mecca after his group returned
\nto Indonesia on Feb. 28, an official said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Sixty-three-year-old Suharman Bin M. Saet was reported
\nmissing several times while his group was still in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
The first time Suharman got lost was in Madinah. He
\ndisappeared again in Mecca, said the secretary of Surabaya's haj
\ndeparture agency, Syaiful Islam.<\/p>\n
"Actually, he got lost twice in Mecca but officials there were
\nable to find him," he said. "Only, the last time, they took him
\nto the hospital from where he again disappeared. He also left his
\nidentity bracelet at the hospital, so officials now have a hard
\ntime finding him."<\/p>\n
Suharman, said Syaiful, was probably senile. He was about to
\nretire from his teaching post at one of the institutions of
\nhigher learning in Surabaya.<\/p>\n
Moreover, with only five officials overseeing 450 haj pilgrims
\nit was hard to keep an eye on everybody, added Syaiful. -- Antara<\/p>",
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