Deadly Charity

Dozens of people died over a charity handout. No coordination with police.

September 23, 2008

DUSTY flip-flops were strewn about on the yard of the Raudhatul Jannah musholla (prayer house) at Gang Pepaya in Jl. Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo, Purutrejo village. These slippers with their matches scattered about belonged to the thousands of people who on last Monday flocked the 3-meter-wide alley.

They came to the place to receive zakat (charity) from Haji Syaikhon Fikri, 57, the generous and richest man in Purutrejo village, Purworejo subdistr

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