2 Months Of Home Salaries Murka Became A Motive For NE And Rrusak PLN's SUTT Tower In Muara Enim, Almost-Masal Electricity

Unit 4 personnel Sub-Directorate III Jatanras Ditreskrimum Polda South Sumatra led the suspect in the case of destroying the Electric Transmission Channel (SUTT)/ANTARA tower

Police officers have arrested two suspects in the case of destroying the Electric Power Transmission Channel (SUTT) tower belonging to PT. PLN in Muara Enim Regency, South Sumatra. The perpetrator's action almost caused the local area to experience a mass power outage. Wadirkrimum Polda South Sumatra AKBP Tulus Sinaga said the two suspects had the initials NE alias Vicen (30) and R (35), residents of Tanjung Terang Village, Gunung Megang District, Muara Enim. The suspects were arrested during an ambush operation by the joint team of the Sub-Directorate III of the South Sumatra Police and the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Muara Enim Police, at their respective homes on Thursday, December 1. "This suspect is then detained at the Muara Enim Police Station to undergo further investigation," he told reporters in Palembang, Antara, Monday, December 5. According to him, the suspect is a freelancer who is given responsibility by a third party from the subcontractor of UPT PLN Palembang to guard the SUTT tower in the local village. Based on the suspect's confession, they intentionally damaged the five units of the high-voltage SUTT tower because they were not given a salary of two months, with a value of IDR 500 thousand per month. Then, the suspect complained but was dismissed because they did not have a written contract from a third party, a subcontractor. “Oleh karena, itu tersangka senang sampai setelah merusak lima unit tower SUTT,” kata dia. He explained that the five SUTT towers were damaged by the suspect by cutting the iron in the elbow tower using a saw that they had deliberately bought before. The five SUTT towers that were damaged by the suspect were located in Tanjung Terang Village, Gunung Megang District, Muara Enim, namely Tower SUTT 114, 117, 118 and 123. Then, one unit of the Sunt 109 tower in Parjito Village, Gunung Megang District, Muara Enim. “Luckily quickly handled by PLN otherwise, as a result of the suspect's actions could cause and outages of mass electricity to severe fires in the Palembang-Bar Bandar Lampung city and several areas in South Sumatra (Sumbagsel),” he said, the total loss suffered by PT. PLN for this destruction is estimated at a total value of Rp. 20 million. The police confiscated evidence of a Yamaha N-Max hitan motorcycle BG—2301 —DAP, an iron saw, three pieces of silver iron that the suspect dumped in the swamp. For their actions, the two suspects were charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 170 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 191 of BIS 2e and 3e of the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of nine years.