Issue Letter Of Death Of Sriwijaya Air Victims, Okky Bisma, Dukcapil: No Complicated Requirements

Director General of Dukcapil Zudan Arif Fakrulloh with Karonpenmas of the National Police Public Relations Division Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono at the Police Hospital (Photo: Wardhany Tsa Tsa / VOI)

JAKARTA - Director General of Dukcapil Zudan Arif Fakrulloh said that his party would not make it difficult to issue death certificates for passengers of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane that crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands.

In fact, Dukcapil has issued a death certificate for the first passenger identified, namely Okky Bisma.

"We issued a death certificate on behalf of Mr. Okky Bisma and today we will hand it over to the family representing the victim and Jasa Raharja follows up," said Zudan at Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta, Tuesday, January 12.

"So there are no complicated requirements. From the identification of the DVI team, we immediately followed up the preparation of a death certificate," he added.

So, after the death certificate is completed, the family can use the residence certificate to take care of the things needed.

Previously reported, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane on the Jakarta-Pontianak route had lost contact shortly after taking off from Soekarno Hatta Airport on Saturday, January 9, 2020. News of the plane's lost contact was followed by certainty that the plane crashed near Male Island .

In total, the plane carried 62 people including 12 crew members and 50 passengers. The 50 passengers consisted of 40 adult passengers, seven children and three babies.

Of the dozens of body bags that entered the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, the Police DVI Team has succeeded in identifying a passenger on behalf of Okky Bisma who is a crew or flight attendant of the Sriwijaya SJ-182 aircraft.

This identification was successfully carried out through fingerprints found on Okky's right hand which matched his identity card (KTP).