Officials trace tailed tribe

Officials trace tailed tribe

SERUI, Irian Jaya: Officials at the Yapen Waropen regency
office of the Ministry of Social Services are investigating
reports that an isolated tribe of people with tails live in the
regency's hinterland, Antara reported yesterday.

Reports claim that the tribe roams the Waropen Bawah district
between the Tonater and Botawa mountains, said spokesman Rangga
Wuwung.

"We received information about them from people living near
the tribe," Wuwung said.

To reach the tribe people have to take a seven-hour boat ride,
walk beside rivers and climb hills for several days, he said.

"We're still trying. We haven't succeeded because it's really
hard to find them," said Wuwung in the Antara report. (swe)