Police Hospital Accelerates Identification Process For 12 Bodies Of Pertamina Plumpang Fire Victims Through DNA And Dental Tests For Victims

Police Hospital/ Photo: Rizku Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - The DVI Team of Bhayangkara TK I Hospital, Raden Said Sukanto (Polri Hospital) Kramat Jati, is still in the process of identifying the bodies of the 12 victims of the Depo Plumpang fire, Koja, North Jakarta through the victims' teeth, DNA, property and medical records. Until now, the bodies of the 12 fire victims are still in the forensic installation of the Police Hospital.

The DVI team has received ante mortem data or comparative data provided by the family. Meanwhile, DNA from the entire victim's family has been sent to a forensic laboratory.

The DVI team is targeting the results of DNA ante mortem matching from the victim's family with a post mortem from the body through a forensic laboratory test to be completed as soon as possible to reveal the identity of the victim's body.

The head of the Kramatjati Police Hospital, Brigadier General Hariyanto, said that 15 (family) had reported the ante mortem post. Everything has been taken DNA.

"So DNA is still in process, hopefully in the next few days it will be completed. Then today we focus on re-identifying from the teeth, then medical, and property. But we still need to deepen, hopefully we can convey the results and identify them," he told reporters, Tuesday, March 7.

The lack of comparison data, he continued, can be seen from the physical signs. For example, during his lifetime the victim had a mole on his chin or in another part, but with this fire the chin was no longer there. Then the former operation, when there was an incident, this fire in this place was no longer visible.

"Then teeth, teeth used to be treated to dentists, but now we meet there is no medical record. For DNA, thank God, in this case there are still all of them, God willing, they can still be examined. Then for fingerprints, yesterday's fingerprints were informed by the Head of Inafis that out of these 15 (bodies) only 6 (bodies) can be examined but only 2 or 3 (bodies) came out yesterday, that's what was difficult, because their fingerprints were damaged," he explained.

Previously, Bhayangkara TK I Hospital Raden Said Sukanto (Polri Hospital) Kramat Jati had received 15 bodies and one body part of the Pertamina Depot fire victim, Plumpang, North Jakarta. 3 bodies have been identified and brought by the family