Police Reveal Motives For Terror Bombing Lion Air

JAKARTA - The Soekarno-Hatta Airport Police Chief, Kombes Ronald Sipayung, revealed that H (42), the perpetrator of the bomb terror on the Lion Air plane, was negative for drugs.

"Although the results of urine and alcohol tests are negative, the investigative team will still carry out further psychiatric examinations through psychologists from the National Police Hospital to ensure the suspect's mental condition." said Kombes Ronald, in his statement.

Ronald also revealed that H admitted that he had traveled by air quite long from Merauke, Makassar, to Soetta Airport, and was about to continue his flight to Kualanamu. He is said to have made a bomb threat out of frustration and fatigue during the trip.

"Temporary motive is an unstable psychological condition due to travel intensity," explained Ronald.

The investigation process is still ongoing. Joint investigators from the National Police and Civil Servant Investigators (PPNS) of the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Security Authority have examined eight witnesses, including confiscation of evidence, CCTV footage, and videos circulating in the community.

The results of a police investigation into H (42), a man who threatened a bomb on a Lion Air plane, it was discovered that the man had experienced a mental disorder. In fact, the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Police Chief, Kombes Ronald Sipayung, explained that the suspect had previously had legal problems.

H was once secured by the Police in Merauke for not paying the cost of staying at a hotel. In addition, the suspect was also recorded as having been treated for one month at Dr. Soeharto Heerdjan Mental Hospital, Jakarta.

"Information from the family said that H had been treated at the RSJ," he said.