Within 1 Month Of Tidying The Fiber Optical Cable, Heru Budi Threatens Sanctions Not To Give Network Permits

Illustration of the installation of top optical fiber cables (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono gave an ultimatum to telecommunications network operators to tidy up their fiber optic cables installed in the capital. Heru said this was in the aftermath of cases of residents entangled in fishing cables.

"So the point is that the tilings are vulnerable routes or routes from far to the protocol to the road, secondary lanes. Right, Jakarta is wide, yes. I ask them to tidy up and be responsible," said Heru at the DKI Transportation Agency office, Central Jakarta, Friday, August 11.

Heru gave the company the opportunity to arrange the aerial cables for one month. Heru's request was conveyed by the Assistant for Development of the DKI Jakarta Regional Secretariat who summoned network companies some time ago.

If for the next one month there are still fiber optic cables that hang out in the air and consume again the victims of the accident, Heru threatens not to issue a network additional permit to the company concerned.

"Maybe we'll think about the permit. In the future, they need permits for additional networks, right," he said.

Furthermore, Heru also asked the Telecommunication Network Operators Association (Apjatel) to pay special attention to handling chaotic cables and trekking to the streets.

"I ask Apjatel to be concerned. Asbang (Assistant Development) has asked, Assistant for Development Pak Afan has asked Apjatel to tidy up, to ensure that strategic areas are vulnerable," said Heru.

The chaotic fiber optic cable hanging in the air is now being questioned because it has caused casualties. The case of a motorcycle rider accident in DKI Jakarta because the cable was stretched this year has occurred three times.

On January 5, a student named Siltan Rif'at Alfatih was caught in an optical fiber cable that stretched on Jalan Pangeran Antasari, South Jakarta and had to be rushed to the hospital. Now, the Sultan has not been declared cured and is still unable to speak as a result of the incident.

Then on Friday, July 28, an online motorcycle taxi driver (ojol) named Vadim was caught in a cable hanging on Jalan Brigadier General Katamso, Palmerah, West Jakarta. Vadim received treatment at the hospital before finally dying.

Then on Wednesday, August 9 last night, a motorcyclist named Akbar (21) was caught in an optical fiber cable hanging on Jalan KS Tubun, Slipi, Palmerah, West Jakarta. The victim suffered a wound to the neck.

The victim did not realize that he was caught in an optical fiber aerial cable. He also continued to spur his vehicle even though there was a cable attached. According to information gathered, the fiber optic cable stretched onto the road after being hit by a cargo of a container truck passing.