The Last Victim Of The MT Kristin Burned On Fire Was Identified Named Diki Abdul Azis

The SAR team evacuated the body of the last crew member who was the victim of the MT Kristin fire incident named Diki Abdul Azis through Ampenan Beach, Mataram, NTB, Thursday (30/3/2023). (ANTARA)

The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Regional Police confirmed that the findings of the third body by a joint team of search and rescue in the Northwestern region of Lombok Island were the last victims of the MT Kristin Surabaya tanker fire incident under the name Diki Abdul Azis.

"Yes, from the identification of the National Police's DVI (Disaster Victim Identification) Team, it is confirmed that the body found this morning was the last victim named Diki Abdul Azis," said Head of the NTB Police Medical Sub-Directorate (Dokpol) Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Police dr. Dadik Sudiantono was quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, March 30.

Dadik also assured that the body was Diki Abdul Azis based on the results of the National Police's DVI Team which identified the method of "Secondary Investigation".

This method is carried out by collecting antemortem and anthropometric data or special characteristics of victims related to the presence of broken injuries to the ribs of Diki Abdul Azis.

"After we matched it, there was indeed (a broken injury to the ribs)," he said.

The statement, he explained, was obtained by the National Police's DVI Team from the confession of Diki Abdul Azis' uncle and biological mother.

Information from the ship's (ABK) crew who survived also confirmed that the body was Diki Abdul Azis. The information is related to the clothes used.

"At the last moment, the victim wore a'slayer' (head covering) and clothes similar to those on the corpse," he said.

Other information was also corroborated from the results of fingerprint identification in accordance with the data of Diki Abdul Azis which was recorded while taking care of the police records (SKCK).

"The fingerprints, the results are suitable, so we can be sure that this is the third victim on behalf of Diki," said Dadik.

The body of a resident of Tulungagung, East Java, who served as a muslim of the ship was found about 7 nautical miles from the scene at 07.45 WITA. Diki's body was evacuated through Ampenan Beach, Mataram City.

The tanker fire incident belonging to the PT Hanlyn Jaya Mandiri transport service company occurred on Sunday (26/3) at around 14:45 WITA, while waiting for distribution queues in the West Waters of Lombok Island.

The plan is that the ship carrying 5,900 kiloliters of Pertamina's Pertalite will charge at the Pertamina Ampenan Depot, Mataram City.

Before the flames and puffs of smoke were seen circling the tanker, residents of the coast had heard the sound of an explosion.

Reportedly, before the explosion, there were as many as three crew members in charge of lowering their anchors from the position of the ship's front deck.

The tanker MT Kristin Surabaya is also known to have transported 17 crew members along with the captain of the ship with 14 of them safe.