Timber Collapsed Camp, 2 People Died During Jungle Patrol In TNKS

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MUKOMUKO - Two of the four people who were members of the Sumatran Tiger Patrol Team in Bengkulu died while conducting a jungle patrol in the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS) area, Bukit Punjung, Mukomuko Regency.

The two people were named Gunawan Saifullah (forest police) and Sudirman (member of the Sumatran Tiger Patrol). Both died after their camp was crushed by a log.

Head of the Mukomuko Regency Forest Management Unit (KPH) Aprin Sihaloho in his statement in Mukomuko, Wednesday, confirmed the incident and currently a joint team from Polhut, Basarnas, Polsek, and the community is evacuating two forest police officers from TNKS.

"Currently the weather is rainy so it becomes an obstacle for the joint team to evacuate these two people from TNKS," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, August 17.

Based on the report he received, the chronology of the incident was stated on Monday (15/8).

The Sumatran Tiger Patrol Team (PHS) consisting of a forest police officer and three PHS members departed from the TNKS Mess of North Bengkulu and Mukomuko Resorts to the TNKS area in Pondok Suguh District, Mukomuko Regency to carry out jungle patrols for 7 days.

On the second day of the patrol, Wednesday (17/8) at around 8.00 WIB, the Coordinator of the Bengkulu PHS Unit Geovril Seven received a call from a member of the Slamet Riyadi team who reported that at around 07.00 WIB the team's camp was hit by a log.

He said the location of the incident was in the TNKS area of the Bukit Punjung area (North Bengkulu-Mukomuko Resort, SPTN Region VI Argamakmur).

In the incident, it was reported that three team members were unconscious and injured.

The PHS-KS Coordinator/Head of North Bengkulu Resort-Mukomuko then asked for help from the outside PHS team, the police, and medical personnel at the Pondok Suguh Sub-district Health Center.

In addition, in coordination with the local village administration, eight people from Pondok Suguh Village had gone up to the TKP at 11.00 WIB.

The PHS-KS team, Bengkulu BKSDA, police, Pondok Suguh Health Center, and 20 people went to the scene of the incident at 12.00 WIB.

Because there is no communication network at the location, he said, they could only get the latest update after the evacuation team arrived at the edge of the forest on Wednesday at 17.40 WIB via telephone.