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Tuesday, 18 July 2006 - MERCY Malaysia has decided to ‘stand down’ from deploying mission
teams to Pangandaran, Central Java in aid of the recent earthquake
measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale at 15:19 local time. The underwater
earthquake triggered an approximately three metre high tsunami that
struck the Pangandaran, Ciamis, Cilacap and Kebumen Districts in
Central Java*.
“We were advised by our local partners that the
Indonesian Government and local authorities’ are able to manage the
situation efficiently. Furthermore, the disaster being a localised one
and there were no widespread destruction, MERCY Malaysia has made the
decision to stand down from taking further actions. However, we are
monitoring the situation closely” commented Shareen Shariza Dato’ Abdul
Ghani, Chief Operating Officer of MERCY Malaysia.
MERCY Malaysia
has established a base camp in Yogyakarta, Central Java following the
earthquake that hit on 27 May 2006. This base camp will also assess and
monitor the situation in Pangandaran and other affected areas for
latest updates and response.
*UN OCHA West Java Earthquake Situation Report No.2, 17 July 2006, http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6RSMMR?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=idn
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MERCY Malaysia
MERCY
Malaysia is a medical relief organisation dedicated to providing
humanitarian aid in crisis and non-crisis situations irrespective of
race, religion, culture or boundary. Since its inception in 1999, MERCY
Malaysia has sent relief mission to Kosova, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Turkey, India, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Iran, Sudan, Aceh
and currently, Pakistan. On the homefront, MERCY Malaysia serves the
local communities through outreach programmes in various states within
the country. It also runs the Drug Rehabilitation and Assistance
Programme (DRAP) to assist drug reformers to get back on their feet and
return to the society. For more information on MERCY Malaysia, kindly
visit www.mercy.org.my
Issued by:
Malaysia Medical Relief Society (Reg. No. 1155)
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