More Buyat residents to come to Jakarta

JAKARTA: Three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will take seven more residents from Buyat Bay, Minahasa in North Sulawesi, to Jakarta, to show the government that the people there are suffering from a serious disease.

The Jakarta-based Legal Aid for Health (LBH Kesehatan), Manado-based Voice of Conscience Foundation, and Women's Supporter Foundation will work together to gather money to bring residents to Jakarta, who suffer more acute disease than the previous 15 victims who were brought here.

"We will bring them to Jakarta on Tuesday to undergo a health test. We plan to bring at least 50 people here," said Iskandar Sitorus of LBH Kesehatan. -- Antara