Lampung DPRD Member Hits Boy To Death, Police Haven't Named Suspect

Kasatlantas Polresta Bandarlampung Kompol Ikhwan Syukri (ANTARA)

Bandarlampung City Resort Police (Polresta) is still investigating an accident involving a member of the Lampung Provincial House of Representatives (DPRD) Okta Rijaya, after his four-wheeled vehicle hit a 5-year-old boy to death on Tuesday.

"We are still investigating the traffic accident case, please be patient, this is a process," said Head of Bandarlampung Police Traffic Unit, Kompol Ikhwan Syukri, in Bandarlampung, Friday, August 4.

He revealed that until now the members of the Lampung DPRD have not yet been determined their status, even though the examination of the person concerned has been carried out until Thursday night.

"So until now, we have not given the status to the person concerned, we are still being examined witnesses, if everything is ripe, then we will hold a case to determine the status, we even need an examination from an expert witness for this case," he said.

According to him, during the examination of members of the Lampung DPRD, they were very cooperative in providing information and were not complicated.

"However, because the traffic accident was a prominent accident because there was a public figure in the case, the examination was in accordance with the precautionary procedure. However, we make sure there is no political intervention in this case," he said.

Meanwhile, Lampung DPRD member Okta Rijaya, admitted that he was guilty of the incident on Tuesday (1/8) where the car he was driving accidentally hit a 5-year-old child to death on Jalan ANTARA, West Tanjungkarang.

"I apologize profusely to the families of the victims, I will cooperate and follow procedures from the police," he said.

The traffic accident that killed a 5-year-old boy on Jalan ANTARA, West Tanjungkarang District, Bandarlampung, was hit by a Fortuner car driven by a member of the Lampung DPRD.