Lubuk Basung, Jan. 24 -- Home Affairs Minister Muhammad Tito Karnavian said a social assistance program from the Ministry of Social Affairs for disaster victims must be acted on swiftly by district heads or mayors in affected areas.

Tito, who also serves as head of the Task Force for the Acceleration of Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Sumatra, urged regional leaders to immediately complete data on prospective beneficiaries.

"I am giving a deadline until Monday (Jan. 26), and I will extend it until Monday (Feb. 2). If the data are not submitted, I will close the program and disclose which district heads or mayors are not doing their job," he said after the inauguration of temporary housing in Kayu Pasak, Salareh Aia, P...