PKS launches aid committee for Aceh

JAKARTA: The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has launched a humanitarian committee for Aceh to help survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra.

Committee chairman Soeripto said on Sunday that PKS supporters were used to conducting charity events and organizations.

"PKS believes that the government is capable of handling the disaster but the damage caused by it are too big, therefore, help from outsiders is badly needed," PKS chairman Tifatul Sembiring said.

He said the committee has so far sent 900 volunteers to Aceh and would deploy 1,100 others in two weeks. --Antara.