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(From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency)
Jakarta, July 23 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Health Minister Achmad Sujudi said here Friday his ministry is not sure that the physical disorders detected on residents of Buyat Bay in Minahasa district, North Sulaesi, are really symptoms of Minamata disease as widely reported.
"According to reports from the local community health centre in May 2004, a number of people in Ratatotok village, Buyat Bay, South Minahasa, North Sulawesi, were suffering from dermatitis and malnutrition," the minister said at a coordination meeting on people's welfare here Friday.
The reports said 30 people at the village had …