Iwan said the evacuation process was conducted after Ida Nurjanah, one of the evacuees, called Chief of Protocol and Consul Affairs at the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo Muhammad Abdullah last Saturday (Feb 28) saying that she and her other friends felt threatened and asked for immediate evacuation.
The eight workers are Ida Nurjanah (Sukabumi/West Java), Warnadi Tasmudi (Indramayu/West Java), Sarih Binti Warsidi (Indramayu/West Java), Arsiti binti Misbah (Cianjur/West Java), Rahimahwati binti Rahmansaleh (Lampung), Ina Nilawati binti Burhanudin (Sukabumi/West java), Nani binti Natim (Karawang/West Java) and Rohyati binti Tohir (Brebes/Central Java).
Ida and her friends will temporarily stay in Indonesian Embassy in Cairo before being sent home.
Earlier task force chief Hassan Wirajudha said the situation in Libya might develop into a major horizontal conflict so that the government would evacuate all the Indonesians.
"In Libya we know the situation is uncertain. And a response from President Moammar Khaddafy threatening to use violence including sending soldiers, may increase the conflict still further," he said.
Hassan said there are 870 Indonesians in Libya including employees of PT Wika 210, students 150, migrant workers 60, including eight working at the palace of Moammar Khaddafy, and the rest are employees of foreign companies.
Before flying the Indonesians to Jakarta they will have a transit in Tunisia.
Indonesian students will be placed in Tunisia for two weeks until the situation is back to normal.
The Indonesians will be placed at Wisma Dubes, at the homes of staff of the Indonesian embassy, and in motels around the embassy.
In a recent interview with a foreign paper, Gaddafi said all of the Libyan people lived him and that there were no demonstrators on the streets.
(Uu.AO51/HAJM/O001)
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