Man dies of AIDS

JAKARTA (JP): A man being treated for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) died at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital yesterday, hospital sources said.

Doctors identified the man as a 24-year-old bachelor from Cipete, South Jakarta, who had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for 10 days.

The man's relatives said that they knew the man had AIDS when he underwent a polyp operation last year.

According to his relatives, the man worked for a Dutch oil company here for two years.

The man's body was interred at Kawi cemetery, Central Jakarta, yesterday. (01)