The statement was made in response to reports that Imanda was an Indonesian born with Australian citizenship working at the UNRWA office in Cairo. Up till now, the existence of Imanda in Cairo could not yet be confirmed.
"I have received confirmation from Australian Foreign Affairs Minister this morning that Imanda is not listed as an Australian citizen," Marty said here on Friday after meeting with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Presidential Palace.
Asked if the news was a hoax, Marty replied "Let`s take a good lesson from this case,".
Meanwhile, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) confirms that Imanda Amalia (28), reportedly killed in the turmoil in Cairo, is not one of its staffers as reported by Indonesian media.
"No, she is not an UNRWA employee," Chrisopher Gunnes, an UNRWA spokesman in Gaza said on Thursday.
A report was also made by Sami Mshasha, a spokesman from Jerusalem, that there was no statement that Imanda was a UN humanity organization employee.
"Based on our search and observation, Imanda was never registered as an UNRWA employee," said he.
Imanda was said as an Indonesian citizen in a Facebook account in the Science of Universe group in a minute after the group apologized for the incorrect news.
Earlier, Marty said the Foreign Affairs Ministry had tried to verify the news with UNRWA offices in Cairo, Amman, New York and the United Nations` office in Jakarta. "UNRWA`s Head of Cairo office Dr Abeer Al-Khraisha confirmed that there was no staff in Cairo named Imanda Amalia," the minister said.
The minister added information from the Jakarta branch of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) also confirmed that there were no Indonesian staffers in UNRWA`s office in Egypt.
According to data from Foreign Affairs Ministry there are 6,149 Indonesian living in Egypt consisting of 4,297 students and 1,002 workers, as well as Indonesian Embassy`s staff and their families.
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