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Agency for the Protection of Witnesses and Victims (LPSK). In its most recent disbursement of funds, the
LPSK allocated 37 victims of the two terrorist bombings more than Rp. 7.8 billion in compensation.
As reported by
NusaBali.com, the compensation package was handed by the chairman of the
LPSK, Hasto Atmojo Suroyo, and the Deputy Governor of Bali Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardana Sukawati (Cok Ace) to the victims in a symbolic ceremony. The handover took place in the Governor’s Office on Thursday, 04 February 2021.
The
LPSK Chairman said the 37 surviving victims receiving compensation were part of the 215 terrorism victims identified by his Agency and
Compensation helps heal wounds of Indonesian bombing victims
Cash awards are not comparable to their suffering but have boosted their spirit
The Sarinah commercial center in Jakarta in 2016 after a suicide bombing killed seven people including five terrorists. (Photo: Siktus Harson/UCA News)
After waiting for 17 years, Tony Soemarno, one of the victims of the JW Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta in 2003, has finally received compensation from the Indonesian government.
Soemarno, 66, and 16 other victims symbolically received compensation from President Joko Widodo at the presidential palace on Dec. 16.
He is one of 215 victims of 40 terrorist attacks who will receive a total of about 39.2 billion rupiah (US$2.8 million) from the Indonesian government.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has reiterated that the responsibility of reparations for the victims of past gross human rights violations, including acts of terrorism, is in the hands of the government. He also stressed the government’s commitment to uphold the rights of all citizens during a public ceremony on Wednesday to hand over compensation to terror victims.
“The reparation to victims of crimes, including the victims of gross human rights violations and acts of terror, is part of the state’s responsibility to be present to provide protection and uphold the victims’ rights,” Jokowi said in the ceremony on Dec. 16 at the State Palace, which was livestreamed on the Sekretariat Presiden YouTube channel.