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Down to dental records, scars
17/10/2002 22:37 - (SA)
Ainsley Moos , Beeld
Johannesburg - Scars, physical descriptions and dental records have become the only means by which the department of foreign affairs can trace the 32 South Africans who have been reported missing or are still unaccounted for after the weekend's terror attack in Bali, Indonesia.
About 200 people died when a bomb exploded at the Sari Club on Saturday night. Foreign affairs spokesperson Nomfanelo Kota said people who suspected that relatives might have been in or near the nightclub, should send recent photographs
of them to the department's offices in Pretoria.
She added that foreign affairs had sent officials to Indonesia to help staff from other countries at the crisis centre in Bali. Kota said clear photos of missing people were being scanned in, in an attempt to draw up identikits.
This information was being published in the media in Bali and surrounding islands. "The people helping at the crisis centre are our only source of information on how the investigation is progressing," Kota said.
In Secunda, Katie Harty, whose son is missing, said on Thursday that she had received forms from foreign affairs.
She said in addition to giving a description of the 35-year-old Craig, the department wanted recent photos of her child.
Graig and Godfrey Fitz, from Belhar in the Cape, are the only two South Africans who were officially reported as missing. "We received a call from Taiwan today from one of the people whom Craig taught. The man said Craig was the best English teacher and that he hoped that he would return," Harty said.
People who want more information can contact foreign affairs on 012 x 351 1000
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