Boy's Body At Manggarai Sluice Turns Out To Be A Depok Resident, Drifted While Playing In Ciliwung River

Firefighters evacuate the body of an 11-year-old boy in a pile of garbage at Manggarai Water Gate/Photo: SPC

JAKARTA - Menteng Metro Police have succeeded in revealing the discovery of the body of a boy stuck at the Manggarai Floodgate, Pegangsaan Village, Menteng District, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, June 14.

The victim is identified as Mohammad Rizky Saputra (11), a resident of Pule Street, No.148, RT 05/05, Cipayung, Depok.

The victim died after drowning and being dragged by the current in the Ciliwung River, Cipayung, Depok on Saturday, June 11, yesterday.

Menteng Metro Police Chief, Commissioner of Police Netty Rosdiana Siagian, said the incident occurred Tuesday, June 14, at 08.00 western Indonesia time. The incident began when he received a report from the Pegangsaan Police Post that the body of a boy had been found without clothes.

"It is suspected that the victim drowned in the current," said Commissioner Netty to reporters, Tuesday, June 14.

According to information from a witness named Maman, on Saturday, June 11, the victim swam with her friends in the Ciliwung River, Depok. Then he drowned and got carried away.

"The victim swam with his friend in the Ciliwung River, then drowned in the current. Then the incident was reported to the Pancoran Mas Police, Depok," he said.

When first discovered by the Manggarai Watergate excavator officers, the victim's body was found naked, floating near the floodgate.

"It is suspected that the victim drowned in the current. There were no signs of abuse on the victim's body. The victim who died is thought to have drowned," he said.

Previously, it was reported that the body of an 11-year-old male was found at the Manggarai Water Gate, South Jakarta. When the boy's body was found, it was caught in the garbage that had piled up in that place.

The picket officer of the Tebet Sub-District Fire and Rescue Service, Moch. Arief confirmed the discovery of the body. His party received information related to the discovery of the body at 07.30 western Indonesia time.

"The body was found by the Manggarai sluice gate guard, then the Manggarai sluice gate contacted the Tebet sub-district fire and rescue service for evacuation," Arief said in a short message, Tuesday, June 14.