SMAN 96 West Jakarta Building Collapses During Renovation, Commission E DPRD: BPK Must Audit

JAKARTA - Member of Commission E of the DKI DPRD Ima Mahdiah asked the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) to audit the financial reports of the construction of the West Jakarta State High School 96 building which collapsed while being renovated.

"I also just received information that a school collapsed. The BPK must enter for an audit. The police must also enter here," said Ima when contacted, Wednesday, November 17.

The former staff of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) said that Commission E would conduct cross-checks to clarify the contractors who carried out construction work at SMAN 96.

"The (renovation) of SMA 96 is included in the 2021 budget, with a total of Rp. 33 billion. That's why we want to check this, who is the contractor," said Ima.

Ima also asked the DKI Education Office to act in anticipation so that the collapse of the school located in Cengkareng Timur Village, Cengkareng District, would not be repeated in other school rehabilitation activities.

"Disdik must check again, don't let this incident happen again. We at Commission E also convey to them that, for example, heavy rehabilitation, just complete rehabilitation, but not patchy," said Ima.

"In the past, during Pak Ahok's era, there was a total rehab. So, everything was completely new, because on average they had been in school for a long time," he continued.

For information, the State 96 High School (SMA) building, Cengkareng Timur Village, Cengkareng District, West Jakarta collapsed today while in the process of total renovation.

"The school collapsed during the new construction process, a complete rehabilitation," said West Jakarta Education Sub-department Head I Aroman

Arohman said this incident resulted in four workers being injured. They have now been taken to Cengkareng Hospital for treatment.

"The incident occurred at half past two, when he collapsed while he was working. So, the debris fell on the workers. There were victims who were taken to the hospital, some had broken legs," said Arohman.