Hundreds of timber workers quit

Hundreds of timber workers quit

AMBON, Maluku: At least 419 employees of PT Mangole Timber
Producer have quit citing mental trauma following a powerful
earthquake that shook the remote island of Mangole on Nov. 19,
Antara said.

"For sure, the company has fulfilled its obligation to the 419
workers," its manager, Effendy Louhenapessy, said on Monday.

He said the company had not laid off any workers despite the
huge losses it suffered from the quake, which measured 6.5 on the
Richter scale.

The remaining 3,670 workers are still employed to clean the
company's facilities and residential areas, he said.

More than 30 people were killed in the quake which also
destroyed dozens of houses, four plywood mills, school buildings,
mosques and churches.