The Identification Process For The Bodies Of Glodok Plaza Fire Victims Declared Complete

Karodokpol Pusdokkes Polri, Brigadier General Nyoman Eddy Purnama Wirawan, in a press conference at the Police Hospital, Wednesday, March 5/ Photo: ANTARA

JAKARTA - Bhayangkara Tk I Hospital, Police Health Center (Polri Hospital) Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, has officially stopped the identification process of the bodies of victims of the Glodok Plaza fire, Taman Sari, West Jakarta.

Karodokpol Pusdokkes Polri, Brigadier General Nyoman Eddy Purnama Wirawan, announced this at a press conference at the Police Hospital, Wednesday, March 5.

"With the results of our maximum efforts, we declare that the operation of the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) process is closed," he said.

According to Nyoman, the termination of the identification process is based on several factors. First, the process of searching for evidence at the scene has been stopped and there are no more shipments of evidence or body parts to the DVI post. Second, there is no additional ante mortem data from the victim's family who feels they have lost their family members in the fire. Third, all body parts and property found have been examined medically and in the laboratory.

However, Nyoman emphasized that if additional evidence or body parts were found in the future, the DVI team would again conduct an examination. "We are still ready to carry out further identification if there are new findings at the scene," he added.

In the process of evacuating and searching for victims, the National Police Hospital received a total of 16 body bags from the location of the fire. Of these, it is certain that the two bags do not contain human body parts after an examination by a forensic doctor and a forensic dentist.

The National Police Hospital managed to identify six of the 14 victims who were reported missing. The six bodies are:

Zukhi F Rahdja (42 years old, male) - was identified through DNA examination.

Aulia Belinda (28 years old, female) - was identified through DNA and medical examinations.

Osima Yukari (29 years old, female) - was identified through DNA examination.

Desty Eka Putri S (24 years old, female) - was identified through DNA examination.

Cool Shallom Jeremia (21 years, woman) - identified through DNA examination.

Ade Aryanti (30 years old, female) - was identified through DNA examination.

Meanwhile, the National Police's Forensic Laboratory Center (Puslabfor) has uncovered the cause of the fire at Glodok Plaza. The results of the investigation concluded that the fire occurred due to a short circuit in the cable behind the videotron on the 9th floor of the building. The spark that appeared then triggered a fire that spread throughout the building.

"From the results of the Labfor, it was found that there was a short circuit behind the videotron, which caused sparks and caused a fire," said West Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit Head, AKBP Arfan Zulkan, in his statement, Friday, February 21.

With the closure of the process of identification of the bodies, the authorities are now focusing on further investigations related to the fire and providing support to the families of the affected victims.