Indonesian Ambassador: Swiss Police With Special Skills Deployed To Keep Searching For Ridwan Kamil's Son

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein Muliaman Dharmansyah Hadad confirmed that the police would continue to search for the son of the West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil, Emmeril Kahn Mumtadz (Eril)

"The police said they would continue the search," Muliaman said at an online press conference monitored from Jakarta, Monday, June 6, quoted from Antara.

Muliaman said last Friday, June 3, he and Eril's uncle, Elpi Nazmuzaman, met with the head of the maritime police and the police team in Bern to obtain information on the progress of the search for Eril.

Police said they would continue the search and they had also deployed special officers with expertise in searching the Aare River using various methods.

The search methods include land patrols, water patrols, drone reconnaissance, use of underwater telescopes, and diving. Police have also deployed sniffer dogs to assist in the search.

The search method is always adapted to changes in the weather at the location and water conditions in the Aare River, Muliaman said.

The scope of the search area starts from the starting point of Eril swimming in Schoenausteg, then in the Marzili area to the Engehalde floodgate, as well as the Schwellenmaetelli area to Wohlensee, which is about 29 km away.

From this large area, said Ambassador Muliaman, the police inspected the possible places where Eril was found along the Aare River, and determined the main points of an intensive search.

Meanwhile, the main obstacle in the search process is the dynamic condition of the Aare River, such as the weather. In recent days it has rained and thunderstorms in several locations in Switzerland.

Eril was declared missing while swimming in the Aare River, Bern, Switzerland, on Thursday, May 26, 2022. According to a local police statement, Eril experienced an emergency situation while swimming in the river.

The Indonesian Embassy in Switzerland received news of Eril's disappearance on Thursday at 11.24 local time. The Indonesian Embassy immediately went to the location of the incident and accompanied the families who were still there. The Indonesian Embassy also contacted a number of hospitals in Bern and checked where Eril was last seen.