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Sat, 01/03/2009 - 20:07
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SOME 55 HAJJ PILGRIMS FROM W JAVA DIED IN HOLY LAND
Bandung, Indonesia, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - At least 55 hajj pilgrims from West Java provinice died during last year's pilgrimage in the Holy Land, a local religious affairs official said.
The number of West Java hajj pilgrim deaths was almost the same as in 2007 when the figure was 56, Iding Sumarkondy, head of hajj pilgrimage and donation affairs at the West Java religious affairs office, said here Saturday.
"The causes of their deaths were old age and certain diseases they were suffering from," he said.
In the meantime, the process of the pilgrims' return to their home country would proceed until January 9, 2009 as marked as the last batch.
Iding said the condition of hajj pilgrims was relatively good. But many of them complained about the great distance from their accommodations to the grand Haram mosque in Mecca.
About the number of sick pilgrims, he said there was only one who had to be treated intensively at a hospital in Mecca. Until now, it was not known when the sick pilgrim could return home.
"Although the pilgrimage season is over, the sick pilgrim at the hospital in Saudi Arabia remains the responsibility of the Indonesian government," he said.
As to the insurance of pilgrims who died in the Holy Land, Iding said their heirs would receive the insurance payments based on the prevailing regulations.
"All the dead pilgrims were buried in Macca, Mina and Medina," he said.
The number of West Java hajj pilgrim deaths was almost the same as in 2007 when the figure was 56, Iding Sumarkondy, head of hajj pilgrimage and donation affairs at the West Java religious affairs office, said here Saturday.
"The causes of their deaths were old age and certain diseases they were suffering from," he said.
In the meantime, the process of the pilgrims' return to their home country would proceed until January 9, 2009 as marked as the last batch.
Iding said the condition of hajj pilgrims was relatively good. But many of them complained about the great distance from their accommodations to the grand Haram mosque in Mecca.
About the number of sick pilgrims, he said there was only one who had to be treated intensively at a hospital in Mecca. Until now, it was not known when the sick pilgrim could return home.
"Although the pilgrimage season is over, the sick pilgrim at the hospital in Saudi Arabia remains the responsibility of the Indonesian government," he said.
As to the insurance of pilgrims who died in the Holy Land, Iding said their heirs would receive the insurance payments based on the prevailing regulations.
"All the dead pilgrims were buried in Macca, Mina and Medina," he said.
