Incident Of The Pakuwon Tower Building Lift, Ombudsman Of Jakarta Asks Managers Of Responsibility

One of the victims trapped in the elevator/ Photo; IST

JAKARTA - The chairman of the Greater Jakarta Ombudsman, Dedy Irsan, asked the manager of the Pakuwon Tower building, Jalan Kasablanka, Tebet District, South Jakarta to carry out good elevator maintenance so that the incident of a traffic jam does not happen again. "Relevant parties must continue to pay attention to the maintenance properly because it concerns human safety. This means that not only (the building) has been operating, it should just be left on the road but must be continuously on maintenance," said Dedy to reporters, Tuesday, May 9. Dedy asked related parties to be responsible so that the incident does not happen again. "This is a warning to all users and managers of buildings so that similar incidents do not happen again. There is good mitigation. We at the Ombudsman receive the report," he said.

Previously, as many as 11 people were trapped in the elevator of the Pakuwon Tower building, Kasablanka, Tebet, South Jakarta. One person was injured. Tebet Police Chief, Kompol Chitya Intania confirmed the incident. The incident occurred Monday, May 8, at 19.30 WIB. He added that the victim, who suffered the injury, turned out to be experiencing trauma shoe. The victim after being successfully evacuated was immediately rushed to Agung Hospital, Setiabudi. Village victims are zero and there were 1 person injured," said Chitya when confirmed, Tuesday, May 8. Regarding the chronology of the incident, it started when all the employees had gone home from work, then all the employees got off using elevator access. At 19.15 WIB the elevator incident fell and it turned out that there were 11 Pakuwon Tower building employees who were in the elevator.