JAKARTA - The Barelang City Police (Polresta), Riau Islands, did not detain the seven suspects in the case of the fire at the MT Federal II work accident (laka) while being repaired at the PT ASL Shipyard Indonesia shipyard.
The head of the Barelang Police, Kombes Anggoro Wicaksono, explained that investigators did not detain the seven suspects who killed 14 workers in the fire incident because they were considered cooperative.
"The consideration (not to be detained) is because of a request from the suspect not to be detained and they (the seven suspects) are cooperative," said Anggoro as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, January 14.
The Barelang Police have named seven suspects in a work accident that occurred on October 15, 2025. The determination of the suspects was made on December 31.
The seven suspects come from the ranks of managers of PT ASL Shipyard Indonesia who are in charge of health, safety and environment (HSE), four are foreign nationals. Meanwhile, the other three suspects are Indonesian citizens, as employees.
The initials of the four suspects, namely ADL and NAC, are Singapore citizens as managers and assistant managers, then DRAD, a Filipino citizen as HSE manager, and KDG, a Korean citizen as commercial manager.
Then three Indonesian citizens with addresses in Batam, namely BSS, MS with employee status and RPB as HSE Promoter of PT ASL Shipyard Indonesia.
The seven suspects are suspected of violating the provisions of Article 359 of the Criminal Code and or Article 360 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code concerning negligence which caused another person to die in a work accident on October 15, 2025.
In the accident of the MT Federal II ship repair work, 14 people died, and 17 others were injured.
Currently, the handling of the case, he said, the investigators of the Barelang Police Criminal Investigation Unit are preparing the case file to be immediately forwarded to the Batam District Attorney's Office.
"The file is being completed and we will immediately send it to the Prosecutor's Office," said Anggoro.
The work accident at the shipyard of PT ASL Shipyard Indonesia has occurred twice in the same year. The first incident occurred on June 24, 2025, killing four workers and injuring five others.
The Barelang Police have named three people from the Subcontractor element as suspects with the same suspicion, namely related to negligence which resulted in the loss of other people's lives. Currently, the case is undergoing trial at the Batam District Court.
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