Missing Indonesian doctor possibly in Somalia: Foreign Ministry
September 6, 2011 - Written byThe Indonesian Foreign Ministry says it is coordinating with its embassies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Nairobi, Kenya, over the alleged kidnapping of Indonesian national Aisha Wardhana.
The ministry’s citizen protection and legal agency director Tatang Razak said that he was still trying to verify the information his agency had received about the alleged kidnapping of Dr. Aisha Wardhana.
“Regarding Dr. Aisha Wardhana, we will try to obtain information by coordinating with various parties and networks of the embassies in Nairobi and Addis Ababa,” Tatang said Monday, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.
He added that Aisha’s whereabouts remained unknown and that she was not listed as part of a volunteer group that she was affiliated with called ACT, which visited Somalia recently.
According to Tatang, four people from volunteer group Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) visited the Foreign Ministry before Idul Fitri to inform it of their plan to travel to Somalia on a humanitarian mission.
The group proceeded with its plan despite a recommendation not to from the ministry. “They still went to Nairobi and contacted the embassy in Nairobi to get into Somalia,” Tatang said.
The ministry had received information from the Nairobi embassy that all four volunteers have returned to Nairobi after spending three days in Somalia and will return to Indonesia on Tuesday.
A local guide reported that Aisha had been kidnapped. Aisha is believed to have gone missing somewhere between Nairobi and Mogadishu in Somalia.
Source: The Jakarta Post