698 Navy families victims of mudflow

The Jakarta Post

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Navy's Eastern Fleet revealed Friday that the families of 698 Navy troops have fallen victim to the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java.

"They lived at the now mud-swamped villages of Siring, Jatirejo, Renokenongo and Kedungbendo and the Perum Tanggulangin Anggun Sejahtera (TAS) I housing complex," the chief of staff of the Navy's Eastern Fleet, Commodore Syahrin Abdurrahman said, as quoted by Antara.

Of these 698 families, 340 soldiers who lived at the TAS I housing complex are yet to receive compensation from Lapindo Brantas Inc., which have been blamed for the massive mudflow in the Porong area of Sidoarjo.