In The Aftermath Of The Explosion Of The Fuel Reservoir, The South Sumatra Police Chief Released The Warning Fire His Children Involved

South Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Toni Harmanto observed evidence that six tanker trucks carrying industrial diesel were mixed with illegal crude, Tuesday (22/3/2022) ANTARA

PALEMBANG - South Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Toni Harmanto confirmed that he was ready to fire any individual members who were proven to be involved in illegal oil fuel collection business practices. "It is my commitment since being the regional police chief here (Sumsel), given (as punishment) to every member proven to have violated it," Toni Harmanto told reporters in Palembang, Antara, Wednesday, September 27. Toni said this was in response to the disclosure of the alleged illegal fuel shelter business in Ogan Ilir Regency which caught fire and exploded on Monday, September 26. It is suspected that there were unscrupulous members of the police involved in the fuel shelter business in South Sumatra. Toni ensured that the investigation into the explosion of the alleged illegal fuel shelter business took place professionally and proportionally. The investigative team from the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate and the South Sumatra Police Forensic Laboratory team intensively accompanied the Ogan Ilir Police Criminal Investigation Unit to examine the scene after the fire incident. "Everything will be prosecuted. Wait, it's still under investigation," he said. Previously, the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Ogan Ilir Police, AKP total Kusuma Wardani, said that a fuel storage warehouse on the Palembang-Prabumulih Cross Road, Tanjung Pering Village, North Indralaya District, Ogan Ilir, caught fire on Monday night at around 21.00 WIB. The laboratory team accompanied by personnel from the South Sumatra Police Ditreskrimsus conducted an investigation to determine the cause of the fire at the suspected illegal fuel shelter warehouse. The case caught the attention of the South Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Toni Harmanto. mediate said that at this time his party had summoned the owner of the fuel shelter warehouse known to have the initials Y, a resident of Ogan Ilir, for the investigation process. The police appealed to local residents to stay away from the scene to avoid further fuel explosions because as of Tuesday, September 27 afternoon at around 14.30 WIB the firefighters were still trying to extinguish the fire and wet it at the scene.