Compensation for terror victims

Compensation for terror victims

JAKARTA: The government has set up a team to calculate
compensation for victims of last year's Bali bombings,
Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono said on Tuesday.

"In line with Antiterrorism Law No. 15/2003, victims of terror
attacks deserve compensation from the government. We are asking a
team to calculate funds the government has to provide," he said
chairing a meeting on political and security affairs.

The team will be supervised by the Ministry of Justice and
Human Rights. Also in the team are the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Finance
and the Attorney General's Office.

No less than 202 people, mostly foreigners, were killed and
hundreds of others injured when bombs ripped through Paddy's Bar
and the Sari Club in Kuta on Bali island last October.

Susilo, nevertheless, did not say whether victims of other
terror attacks in the country would also be paid compensation. --
JP