JAKARTA - Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) General Maruli Simanjuntak confirmed that he would immediately evaluate the allegations of negligence in the incident of an fuel ammunition explosion in Garut, West Java, which killed four TNI personnel and nine civilians.
Maruli explained that initially Cibalong District, Garut Regency, was chosen to be the location for the destruction of ammunition since 1985 because of its location far from community settlements.
However, the development of development has made residential areas closer to the location of the destruction of ammunition and more and more residents around the location who help with work such as cooking and cleaning.
"That's the case, we used to cook, we paid honorariums. So we used to clean up, we didn't take them away, these are the negligence that we will continue to evaluate," Maruli said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, May 26.
Maruli also assessed that Sagara Village in Cibalong District, Garut, West Java, could still be used as the site for the destruction of ammunition. Given the explosion that claimed lives some time ago was the first incident to occur since Cibalong was chosen as the location for the destruction of ammunition in 1985.
"It can (stay in Sagara Village), there is no real problem, it's been since 1985. So actually this is only once called an explosion which results in risks after more than a few years of meaning, more than 35 years. So actually we can evaluate it," he said.
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The TNI, continued Maruli, will ensure that no more civilians are allowed to be in the vicinity of the ammunition disposal site.
"It can (sterile from civil society), it's very easy actually Maybe because he used to think it was normal, routine, there were no problems, that's what made him, he started to cook a lot," said Maruli.
The explosion in Sagara Village, Cibalong District, Garut Regency, West Java, Monday (12/5), at 09.30 WIB, occurred when the Indonesian Army (AD) destroyed ammunition by the TNI AD Equipment Center III Ammunition Center.
The explosion resulted in 13 deaths, four of whom were members of the TNI and nine other civilian victims.
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