DENPASAR - Minister of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Mukhtarudin said there were still 9 Indonesian citizens (WNI) who had not been found in the Wang Fuk Court apartment fire incident, Tai Po, in Hong Kong.
This was conveyed when Minister Mukhtarudin attended the event, "The release and embedding of Pins, Wellnes Therapist Training Participants," in Denpasar, Bali, Thursday, December 4.
"Today only 9 (PMI) have not been found. Yes, all migrant workers and they have been protected by BPJS," said Minister Mukhtarudin.
Minister Mukhtarudin explained that there were 140 affected Indonesian citizens for the fire incident in Hong Kong and 9 of them died.
"Of the 140 who died 9 people. Then the remaining 120 survived, there was 1 being treated, and 9 others have not been identified. So we don't know where he is, whether he survived but have not reported or he has the potential to become a victim again," he said.
"So now the Hong Kong authorities are combing through it. The Indonesian Consulate General (Konsulat General of the Republic of Indonesia) was there with our team on standby there, after 2 days of the incident to collect the data," he continued.
He also said that the Indonesian government in Hong Kong had prepared shelters for PMI survivors and those who were sick had been treated.
"For those who survived but did not get a shelter, we are the shelter. And everything is moving and we thank the Hong Kong authorities for their great handling," he said.
The Hong Kongsambung government Minister of P2MI also provides treatment and compensation as well as the provision of hospitals and free of charge.
"They were all handled well, the sick were treated, those who died in the document process, then the autopsy and others were about 2 to 3 weeks before we returned them to their homeland and we took them directly to their families," he said.
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