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)