South Sulawesi Police Examine 11 People Related To The Sinking Of The Ladang Pertiwi KM In The Makassar Strait

MAKASSAR - The Directorate of Special Investigation and Crime of South Sulawesi Police has begun to examine eleven people in a marathon related to the sinking of the KM Ladang Pertiwi 2 in the Makassar Strait.

"Until now, there are 11 people whose condition is suitable for us to examine. Then part of the village head is also being investigated", said the Director of Special Crimes at the South Sulawesi Police, Commissioner Widoni Fedri, during a press conference on the development of the sinking of KM Ladang Pertiwi 2 above KN SAR Kamajaya, Port Container, Makassar, South Sulawesi, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, May 31.

Commissioner Widoni said it was suspected that there was negligence during the ship's shipping process, including the sailing permit that should have been given by the local harbormaster, to the shipowner by the regulations.

"Indeed, in this case, there was negligence. First, we used Law 17 of 2008 concerning Shipping. I explained there, Article 232 which states that there must be permission and approval from the harbormaster to sail. Apparently, there was no permission from the harbormaster", he said.

Second, he continued, related to Article 302 of the Shipping Law, which regulates the feasibility of ship transportation to be dispatched to be seaworthy or declared safe without damage.

"This ship is not suitable for sailing, for those concerned later, the punishment is four to five years", said Widoni emphasizing.

Previously, KN SAR Kamajaya had picked up four people from Monitoring Island, Pangkajene Islands Regency (Pangkep), and arrived at the Container Port, Makassar Port area, South Sulawesi, Monday night.

Four people got off the KN Kamajaya, then picked up by members of the South Sulawesi Regional Police and led into a car to undergo an examination at the local police station and asked for information regarding the wooden boat accident.

Head of the Operations Section of the South Sulawesi National Search and Rescue Agency, Muhammad Rizal, said the ship docked at the port at 22.15 WITA carrying four people, namely the skipper and crew members and two other ship owners, and the Head of Pammas Village on Pamantauan Island.

The four people were two victims each, one crew member (ABK) named Mahfud and the captain of the ship/ skipper named Supriadi. Two other people were not victims, namely, the owner of the KM Ladang Pertiwi 2 ship on behalf of Haji Saiful and the village head on the local island, Muhammad Basit.

"We brought the four people to match the synchronization data related to the number of passengers loaded when they left Paotere Port to Pamantauan Port", he said.