Victims of Bogor aftershock need aid<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): Officials revealed on Tuesday a shortfall in the
\namount of food aid for victims of a May 8 aftershock at Kampung
\nCileuksa Lebak, Jasinga district.<\/p>\n
Village chief Ade Ruhandi said the victims were supposed to
\nreceive five tons of rice, 100 kilograms of salted fish and 40
\nboxes of noodles from the Bogor regency.<\/p>\n
\"We reweighed the food aid and found out that there was only
\n1.88 tons of rice and 67 kilograms of salted fish,\" he told
\nreporters.<\/p>\n
He said that he needed to respond to false accusations that he
\nhad swindled the aid, insisting that he had delivered the food to
\nthe victims before the arrival of the Bogor regency's aid.<\/p>\n
\"I borrowed the rice from other residents, who were not
\naffected by the aftershock,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Deputy speaker of Bogor regency council, H.E. Abdul Syukur,
\nvowed that the council would question the whereabouts of the
\nallegedly stolen rice.<\/p>\n
\"I have once withdrawn rice from the Bogor Logistic Agency
\n(Dolog). The agency said each sack contained 50 kilograms of
\nrice, but most sacks contained 47 and 48 kilograms of rice. Some
\nonly 45 kilograms,\" Syukur, also head of the Bogor office of the
\nIndonesian Red Cross, said while citing his experience in dealing
\nwith Dolog officials.<\/p>\n
He also questioned the whereabouts of the missing salted fish.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the headmaster of SDN I Cileuksa elementary school,
\nUun Sutisna, said all 245 students of the school had to study at
\nhome because the school's classrooms had been used as temporary
\nshelters for the victims.<\/p>\n
About 586 residents of Kampung Cileuksa Lebak in Jasinga of
\nBogor regency were taken to temporary camps at the elementary
\nschool and nearby subdistrict office after the earthquake hit
\ntheir village on May 8, leaving a huge fissure in the earth and
\ndestroying no less than 164 houses.<\/p>\n
Several small aftershocks were also felt here on Monday and
\nTuesday but no fatalities or damage were reported.<\/p>\n
Bogor administration spokesman Helmi Gustian said officials
\nwere preparing a geographical study into the temblor. The fissure
\nin the village was measured at one kilometer and 0.5 to one meter
\nin depth.<\/p>\n
\"We have prepared a 10-hectare plot of state-owned Pasir
\nMadang Plantation for the relocation of residents. There is the
\npossibility that the village is in a geographical area prone to
\nearthquakes and might no longer be able to stay there,\" Helmi
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Syukur said the administration would not provide a special
\nbudget for the construction of new houses for the victims.<\/p>\n
\"The Bogor regency council did not allocate part of the budget
\nfor natural disasters in its 1999\/2000 budget,\" he said.
\n(21\/edt\/imn)<\/p>",
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