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Bantul Regent Idham Samawi called on the survivors to halt their actions and return to refugee camps waiting for the relief team.
An angry victim told local television Jogja TV that food and water should have arrived immediately in worst-hit areas. In Klaten, refugees eat dry rice and instant noodles as aid and donation are centered in Yogyakarta.
"Those who are suffering from the quake are not in Yogyakarta only. What we eat here is from neighbors, not from the government," said Sarmiyem, a mother who has lost her home in the disaster.
President Susilo, who has been in the quake-areas since Saturday evening, has decided to postpone his June 5-9 visits to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and South Korea to coordinate the relief work, presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said on Monday.
"The President wants to closely monitor rescue and rehabilitation works in the earthquake-hit areas," the spokesman said.
Among the first batch of international emergency assistance Monday, a U.N. plane carrying emergency supplies, including food, water and tents, landed earlier in the day on Solo, a town 60 km north of Yogyakarta.
Three U.N. trucks brought high-energy biscuits to survivors has arrived the area while two Singapore military cargo planes has also landed the Yogyakarta airport with doctors and medical supplies.
Meanwhile, a 44-member emergency rescue team left Beijing Monday afternoon for Indonesia, carrying five tons of medical rescue materials.
The U.S. military is reportedly plans to send 100 doctors, nurses and medical technicians from a base in Okinawa to Indonesia. Enditem
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