The Parents Of The Boy Who Was Hanyut In The Kalimalang River Had Pulled Their Children's Clothes Off, But They Were Released Because Their Lives Were Also Threatened

Superkir, the parents of a boy who was swept away in the Kalimalang River held his son's clothes but was released again because his life was threatened/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - HM (15), a child with a disability who went missing in the Kalimalang River, Jalan Inspeksi of the West Tarum Channel, Kalimalang, East Jakarta, turned out that at the time of the incident he was with his father, Superkir (49).

Thursday, July 7 at around 11.00 WIB, HM accompanied his father to wash an automatic motorbike on the banks of the Kalimalang River. That afternoon, Superkir and his son (victim) visited the location of the incident from their home, in the Prumpung Sawah area.

The superkir, who was carrying a bucket at that time, immediately parked his motorbike on the side of the Kalimalang River. The Ember that was brought was used to fetch water from the Kalimalang River to clean his motorbike.

When the Superkir drew water from the river, HM sat on top of the embankment, the river divider.

"I was washing my motorbike, the child was sitting down. Maybe he was falling, he shouted. I immediately went black. I twisted his t-shirt, instead of going to the side and even into the middle of him," said the superkir, the victim's father, to VOI at the scene, Thursday, July 7.

The father's efforts to save his son were in vain. HM's body, he said, continued to be carried away by the Kalimalang River and dragged him to the middle.

"Connecting me too can't swim, I drink water. Then I just let go it's a child, my people also almost died if they weren't released (HM). My child was not helped," said Superkir.

HM was wearing a plain red shirt and gray shorts. HM was born on July 6, 2006. The victim just had her birthday a day ago, Wednesday, July 6.