Musician Fiersa Besari And Entourage Have Been Evacuated To One Of The Hotels In Timika
PAPUA - Mimika Resort Police (Polres), Central Papua, said Indonesian musician Fiersa Besari and a group climbing at Puncak Cartensz Pyramid had been evacuated.
"Currently Fiersa Besari and his entourage are already in a hotel in Timika," said Mimika Police Chief AKBP Billyandha Hilde Budiman to Antara in Timika, Sunday, March 2.
According to Hildur, Fiersa Besari's entourage is different from the Elsa Laksono and Lilie Wijayanti Poegiono teams who died due to hypothermia while climbing at Puncak Cartensz Pyramid.
"Based on data received on Saturday at 22:48 WIT Fiersa Besari and the group arrived at the temporary basecamp on Sunday (2/3) at 02.07 WIT, it is known that two people have died," he said.
Currently, Elsa Laksono's body is at the Mimika Hospital while Lilie Wijayanti Poegiono's body is in the evacuation process.
It is planned that the two victims will be flown to Jakarta on Monday by Lion Air.
The Head of Public Relations of the Papua Police, Kombes Ignatius Benny Ady Prabowo, in a press release received by Antara in Timika, Sunday, said that on Wednesday 26 February 2025 at 07.00-09.50 WIT, climbers flew from Timika airport to Yelow Valey using a helicopter owned by PT Komala Indonesia type AS 350 B3 (PK-KIE).
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"And PT Tropic Cartenz Jaya as the official sponsor has communicated and collaborated with the police and the Timika Basarnas to evacuate the dead victims," he said.