BODY OF INDONESIAN WORKERS KILLED IN PJ MISHAP SENT HOME

PETALING JAYA (Malaysia), June 3 (BERNAMA) -- The body of three of the seven
Indonesian workers killed when part of the building which once housed the
popular Jaya Supermarket in Section 14 here, were sent back to their villages
Tuesday for burial.

Counsellor (Information and Public Relations) at the Indonesian embassy in
Kuala Lumpur, Widyarka Ryananta, said the body of Hadi, 30, Muhd Maskur, 31, and
Alsuki Nahru, 53, which were removed from the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre
(UMMC) mortuary yesterday evening were flown home this afternoon on two separate
flights.

He said Hadi's body left the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on a Garuda
flight at 2.40pm and expected to arrive in Surabaya at 9.20pm.

The remains of Maskur and Alsuki were flown from KLIA on Malaysia Airlines
flight MH873 at 4.30pm and expected to arrive later in the evening, also in
Surabaya.

Widyarka, when contacted by Bernama, also said that on the same flight home
Tuesday was Maskur's elder brother, Suryono, 32, who was injured in the
incident.

He said on arrival in Indonesia, the bodies would be received by the East
Java Provincial Government office, which had been informed about the tragedy and
would hand over the bodies to the respective families.

He added that the remains of the workers were accompanied on one of the
flights by an officer from the Indonesian embassy here, Susapto Anggoro.

Meanwhile, the body of Anwarudin, 38, another Indonesian worker killed in
the incident was taken out of UMMC at 4.40pm today accompanied by his younger
brother Budi Selamat, 31, to be taken to KLIA.

The body will be flown home on MH871 at 8.15am Wednesday and expected to
arrive in Surabaya at 9.55am.

Bernama learnt that body parts found among the rubble of the collapsed
building had not been identified as they were still undergoing DNA tests.

In the incident last Thursday, part of the 35-year-old building collapsed
during demolition work, killing seven workers and injuring two, all Indonesian
nationals.

-- BERNAMA