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View all search resultsSouth Aceh regent criticized for making ‘umrah’ pilgrimage amid flood disaster
Regent Mirwan said he had checked that all victims had been properly handled and ensured that all agencies were working properly before he performed umrah pilgrimage.
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An Indonesian Army soldier (left) and an Aceh Police Mobile Brigade personnel (right) help a man and two children evacuate through a flood on Nov. 29, in Central Trumon district, South Aceh regency, Aceh. The provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra were badly hit by flooding and landslides caused by an extreme weather. (Antara/South Aceh Military District Command)
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outh Aceh Regent Mirwan MS has been widely criticized for making the umrah pilgrimage with his family members amid floods and landslides affecting 11 of the 18 districts in the regency.
Mirwan and his family departed on Tuesday after issuing a letter on Nov. 27 declaring his inability as regent to handle the disaster response in the regency.
Aceh provincial administration spokesman Teuku Kamaruzzaman said that Aceh Governor Muzakkir Manaf had not approved Mirwan’s request to make the umrah pilgrimage amid emergency status during the extreme flooding and landslides in Aceh.
Kamruzzaman said that the refusal was issued in a letter dated Nov. 28 answering Mirwan’s request letter dated Nov. 24.
“The governor refused South Aceh Regent Mirwan's request as Aceh had been hit by a natural disaster and was in an emergency,” Kamaruzzaman told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.
“Mirwan, however, still departed for Mecca.”
He also said that the provincial administration has received information from the Home Ministry saying that Mirwan had been told to return home to Aceh as soon as possible. He said that South Aceh regency needed attention from its leader during the emergency period.
