The Body Of A Landslide Victim In Natuna Was Immediately Mass Buried

Photo: Doc. Antara

Pangdam I Bukit Barisan Maj. Gen. Achmad Daniel Chardin said the bodies of landslide victims on Serasan Island, Natuna Regency, Riau Islands, were immediately buried en masse.

"The victims were immediately buried, both the families of the victims and mass," he said, quoted from Antara, Sunday, March 12.

He revealed that not all the bodies of the joint SAR team were found to be identified by the families of the victims in Pangkalan Village, Serasan District, Natuna Regency.

Because, he said, the people who were declared missing were allegedly still buried by landslide material with a depth of up to four meters for several days.

The landslide incident on Serasan Island was due to the high intensity of rain in the last few days, so that the slopes of the hills collapsed in Pangkalan Village, Serasan, Natuna, Monday, March 6.

It was recorded that in Natuna, Riau Islands, until Saturday, at 6.00 WIB 36 bodies were found, a body has not been identified and 17 people have been declared missing.

"The condition of the body found by the joint SAR team is no longer intact, because it was buried in the ground for several days," he said.

Danrem 033/Wira Pratama Brigadier General Yudi Yulistianto admitted that although some were still recognized by the victim's family, it was decided to be buried en masse.

"For the funeral, because the condition of the body even though it can be recognized, the Regent decided on a mass basis. There are still names, only mass burials," he said.

His party also admitted that the mass burial had received approval from the community in Pangkalan Village, Serasan, Natuna.

"Not dug up one by one, because one family died. Residents have been spoken to, and they agreed to be buried in several large holes," said Yudi.