Transmigrants flee unrest

Transmigrants flee unrest

SEMARANG: A total of 1,247 transmigrant farmers from Central
Java returned to their hometowns following unrest at their
transmigration sites, according to the head of the provincial
transmigration office, Dyah Paramawartiningsih.

She said 1,006 transmigrants returned from Aceh, 199 from East
Timor, 30 from West Kalimantan, nine from Irian Jaya and three
from Maluku.

She said the majority of the transmigrants hailed from the
Central Java regencies of Cilacap, Wonosobo, Kendal, Batang,
Semarang, Pati, Demak, Tegal, Karanganyar, Boyolali, Purworejo,
Purbalingga and Brebes.

Dyah said the transmigrants were willing to be resent to areas
outside of the densely populated Java which were safe from unrest
and ethnic conflict.(har)