Three Death Certificates For 3 Passengers Sriwijaya SJ-182 Issued By The Ministry Of Home Affairs

Press conference at the National Police Hospital regarding the development of the identification of the bodies of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 passengers (Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Directorate of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued death certificates for three victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 crash incident that were identified on Tuesday, January 12.

Three passengers were identified yesterday, namely Asy Habul Yamin, Fadly Satrianto and Khasanah.

"The three victims were found yesterday. The documents we have finished handing over are waiting for family agreement and later together with the Director of Jasa Raharja," said Director General of Dukcapil of the Ministry of Home Affairs Zudan Arif at a press conference at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta, Wednesday, January 13.

Meanwhile, the death certificate belonging to Okky Bisma, who is the flight attendant or steward of the unlucky plane, has now been handed over to the family represented by his wife.

Zudan explained, there were no difficult requirements for the passenger's family to issue the death certificate. He said, the only requirement needed was a death certificate issued by the Police Hospital.

"The requirement is a death certificate or death data from Karumkit. So it is very easy," he said.

Meanwhile, for the two passengers who were identified today, said Zudan, the Dukcapil of the Ministry of Home Affairs would immediately process the results of the identification. The goal is that the death certificate can be issued immediately and submitted to the family or the representative.

"The two victims found today are currently processing their residence documents to be submitted to their families," he said.

Zudan said the Dukcapil side continued to strive to support the identification process carried out by the Police Hospital. Zudan said, all the data and information needed would be provided easily.

"We also need to convey that the Dukcapil has fully backed up this process. Our data is open as widely as possible, our network is open as wide as possible," he said.

It is known, as of today, the Police DVI Team has succeeded in six passengers of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182. Most recently, they managed to identify Agus Minarni and Indah Halimah Putri.

Previously, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane on the Jakarta-Pontianak route had lost contact in the Thousand Islands shortly after taking off from Soekarno Hatta Airport on Saturday, January 9, 2020. Furthermore, the authorities provided certainty if the plane crashed in the vicinity of Laki and Pulau Lancang, Thousand Islands.

The total aircraft carried 62 people, including 12 crew members and 50 passengers consisting of 40 adult passengers, seven children and three babies.