Chinese-Indonesians yet to register

Wed, 12 Nov 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: The Institute of Anti Discrimination in Indonesia
(LADI) said on Tuesday that a number of Chinese-Indonesians have
yet to register for next year's elections due to difficulties in
obtaining identification cards.

Frans Hendra Winata, one of LADI's founders, said those
unregistered Chinese-Indonesians were located in Kalimantan,
North Sumatra, and South Sumatra.

Rebeka Harsono, the executive director of LADI, said she had
found that poor Chinese-Indonesians in Jembatan Lima, Muara Angke
(Jakarta) had not been registered by KPU as voters.

Separately, KPU chairman Nazaruddin Sjamsuddin said that KPU
could register any Chinese-Indonesians as voters even if they had
no ID cards. --JP

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