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JP/2/ACROSS

Bone marrow patient dies

SEMARANG, Central Java: The first patient to receive a bone
marrow transplant in Indonesia died last Tuesday of heart
complications after surgery.

Lorensia Putri, 3 and a half years old, was treated at the
Telogorejo Hospital in Semarang for the past month following the
surgery, the Antara news agency reported.

The girl, who also suffered from thalassemia, suddenly
developed heart complications before she died, A.G. Sumantri, who
headed the surgery team, said. "We've done all we could to treat
and save Lorensia," he said. (emb)

Crash survivor put in ICU

PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: A woman who survived a plane crash
on Mount Saran near Nanga Pinoh, Sintang, last week has been
admitted to an intensive care unit at Dr. Soedarso Hospital here.

Nur Intan Fitriani, 31, was found in a jungle about three
kilometers from the crash site. She left traces by cutting twigs
along her path through the vegetation, enabling rescue workers to
track her down.

Nine other people on board were killed when the Britten Norman
plane crashed as it was flying from Pontianak to Nanga Pinoh.

Intan, who was not allowed to receive visitors, was seen
lifting her arm and talking to the nurses attending to her
yesterday, Antara news agency reported.

Intan, a graduate of the Bandung Forestry Academy, is an
employee of the West Kalimantan Forestry Office. (pan)

Govt to launch `Clean Friday'

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The government will launch a
national "Clean Friday" campaign in Kayangan village, western
Lombok Island, on June 10.

The name of the campaign has been chosen to remind Moslems,
who account for the majority of Indonesia's 185 million people,
of the religious duty to clean, not only their bodies, but also
their home environments before they go to mosques on Fridays, the
Antara news agency reported.

West Lombok regent H. Mudjitahid yesterday said Minister of
Health Sujudi and chairman of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI)
Hasan Basri are among several Jakarta officials who will attend
the launching ceremony. (pan)

Stern warning for shooting cops

BANDUNG, West Java: The police promised to punish any officers
who misuse their firearms.

"Each officer has to account for every single bullet he
fires," spokesman for the West Java police command, Lt. Col.
Istanto J., told journalists.

Istanto was responding to reports that an off-duty officer
accidentally shot and badly wounded a driver of a taxied
motorcycle in Cilegon, about 180 kilometers west of Jakarta, on
Sunday.

Police said the officer, whose identity is being withheld,
accidentally pulled the trigger when he was adjusting the
position of the gun he had hidden under his civilian shirt. The
victim, Rivai, 40, has been hospitalized with bullet wounds to
his forehead. (pan)

Two workers buried alive

SEMARANG, Central Java: A landslide buried two workers alive
and seriously injured another in the Sendang Mulyo village near
here.

Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred at a land quarrying
site when the side of a hill slid down and buried the workers and
the truck they were loading with earth.

Hartono, the truck driver who survived the disaster, said the
incident happened as fast as lightning and that there was no way
to help his colleagues. (pan)

One more ferry victim found

SURABAYA (JP): The Search and Rescue Team, on Saturday, found
another victim of the ferry Kaltim Mas II which sunk with over 70
passengers off Bali recently.

The man was founded in Muncar coast, near Banyuwangi, 300
kilometers southeast of here, after he had been carried away by
the current for two weeks. Twenty-nine victims of the sea mishap
have been earlier found by the team.

However, the team failed to identify the 30th victim who was
found with his eyes, nose, jaw, ears and fingers missing.

The only possible cue is the blue jean trousers the man wore
which was intact, Antara news agency reported.

The team, comprising almost 200 rescuers from the Navy,
volunteers and local fishermen, has also found 25 survivors.
Twenty-two others are still missing.

The ferry was carrying six lorries, two containers and a bus
laden with 32 passengers when it went down in storm-tossed seas
between Ketapang area, near Banyuwangi, and the Balinese town of
Gilimanuk, 125 kilometers west of Denpasar. (prs)

Americans study Balinese tradition

DENPASAR, Bali: Some 16 old-aged visitors from the United
States have been staying on this island since four months ago
to study the local social life and tradition.

The visitors, guided by tour operator Michalle Chin, are also
trying to make a comparative study on the life of their
counterparts in Bali, the deputy chairman of the Yayasan Wreda
Sejahtera old age foundation (YWS), Luh Ketut Suryani on
Saturday.

During their visit here, they stay with families for three
days to have a taste of the Balinese everyday life.

"They also learn the deeply-rooted traditional and social
norms and systems which include rituals at pura (praying place)
as well as the traditional irrigation system," Suryani said as
quoted by Antara.

"Balinese elders have better brotherly relationship among them
and are more religious than we in America," a visiting guest
said.

Meanwhile Michalle Chin said that American elders have better
attention from that is why they their enjoy better facilities
compared to the elders here.

" The Americans also tend to be independent from their
families," Chin said. (prs)