Workers' burnt bodies arrive

Workers' burnt bodies arrive

SURABAYA: The charred bodies of two Indonesian women workers
arrived here last night from Hong Kong, Antara reported
yesterday.

Sunarlik, 29, was a resident of Trenyang village in Sumber
Pucung, Malang, while Rukayah Dul Basir was from Sumber Rejo
village in Sanan Kulon, Blitar regency.

The two women, working as domestic helpers, died of
suffocation along with six other people after becoming trapped in
an apartment in the Mei Kowloon area.

Forty other people were also trapped in the disaster but
managed to escape from the building that formerly housed 13,000
people.

Police suspected the fire was caused by a smoldering cigarette
butt. (swe)