Removal of remains halted

Removal of remains halted

JAKARTA (JP): The exhumation of more than 28,000 bodies from North Jakarta's Dobo public cemetery to Semper cemetery has been suspended until March 3 due to the fasting month of Ramadhan.

The work will resume on March 4, a City cemetery agency official, Aji Achmad said yesterday. "The project is scheduled to be completed on April 30."

The 28,000 bodies are to be removed from Dobo cemetery to Semper cemetery, also in North Jakarta, to make way for the expansion of the Tanjung Priok container port.

More than 2,420 bodies were removed from Jan. 8 to Jan. 19.

Relatives of those buried in Dobo are paying nothing for the project. (sur)