VOI Today: Many Foreign Media And Mental Victims Have Been Highlighted, Why Doesn't The Government Set A National Disaster Status?

JAKARTA - Crowded with foreign media highlighted the tragedy of the Sumatra flood. The New York Times even made a special report regarding piles of logs that were washed away.

Global sympathizers also came from various heads of state. However, the scale of this tragedy is still being questioned by the government which is reluctant to establish a national disaster status. The government claims it can still handle its own, does not require assistance from other countries.

The latest BNPB data as of Friday afternoon, December 5, recorded that the death toll reached 893 people, with 521 people still missing. Check out the full information on VOI.id.