Body of last landslide victim found

Body of last landslide victim found

BANDUNG: The body of Entang, 60, the last person missing after
a landslide swept through Wangonjaya village in Cikalong Wetan
subdistrict, Bandung, West Java, was found on Thursday, officials
said.

The discovery of the body by rescue workers and local
residents brings the death toll from Monday's landslide to nine.

Entang's body was found in the Cisomang River, some seven
kilometers from the scene of the landslide, at about 10 a.m. He
was taken to the Patrol public cemetery near Cikalong Wetan for
burial.

The landslide hit the denuded Patrol Hill, burying eight of 16
houses on the slopes of the hill.

Wangonjaya village head Ii Mulyana said the landslide caused
Rp 1 billion (US$117,647) in losses.

Environmentalists called on the Bandung administration to
relocate the 16 houses to a safer area, to prevent further
tragedies and to ease the way for a reforestation program in the
area.

West Java Governor Danny Setiawan handed over Rp 54 million in
assistance for the victims on Thursday. --JP

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Central Java council gets rotten eggs

SEMARANG: Dozens of students pelted rotten eggs and Rp 100
coins at the Central Java legislative council on Thursday in a
protest against an overseas trip by 19 of its members.

The 19 councillors from Commission B left for Syarjah, United
Arab Emirates, on Thursday afternoon in a trip being paid for
from the provincial budget.

The three-day visit is aimed at observing an exhibition there
to promote commodities from Central Java. The exhibition, slated
to end on Saturday, is sponsored by 25 businesspeople from the
province.

"The trip to the Middle East is merely for pleasure. It is
like collective corruption," protest leader Razzak Fauzan Aziz
said.

The protesters numbered about 20 students from the Humanika
Forum.

It will reportedly cost the state Rp 800 million (US$94,117)
to send the councillors to the United Arab Emirates (not Rp 100
million as reported by The Jakarta Post on Thursday).

"It's a waste of money. They have clearly ignored the
condition of the people, many of whom are suffering hardships due
to poverty," Razzak said. --JP