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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)