"One of my sons was killed by the tsunami," the 80-year-old man old Xinhua on Tuesday in Rancateureup shelter camp in Labuan.

He said that he could not attend his eldest son's burial due to his poor condition of health caused by the sadness of losing the son.

"My son refused to come out of his house as he tried to prevent his belongings from washing away from the house by the tsunami. He told his wife and children to run out of the house for safety and not to worry about him."

His body was found floating inside the house the next morning, Atok recalled with tears.

Atok also went through hard moments while he was evacuated from his house. The weak old man had to sit in the back of a motorbike driven by his son to a higher ground a little bit far from his house.

To seek a safer ground to stay, Atok has moved from one place to another and finally settled in Rancateureup shelter camp on Sunday morning.

"I had been in this camp before it was officially used as a shelter camp."

Although more families are coming to the camp and the camp will become overcrowed, Atok said that it is much better than going back to his house to live in fear.

"The government provides enough food for us. That is quite fine as long as I feel safer here. But I have to get used to the cold breeze at night." The camp Atok is staying at has no walls.

Concerned over possible slow reconstruction after the tsunami in Banten's coastline, the disaster-affected residents prefer to stay at the camp.

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