Fiber Optical Cable Chaining Victims, Director General Of Human Rights Asks Companies Owners Of Responsibility Cables

Cables that are chaotic in DKI Jakarta. (Special)

JAKARTA - Director General (Dirjen) of Human Rights of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) Dhana Putra responded to the problem of the existence of fiber optic cables which are now being questioned because they claimed victims. Dhana views that there is a need for awareness of telecommunications network companies as owners of fiber optic cables to provide rights to a sense of security for motorists and pedestrians in carrying out their business activities. "We at the Directorate General of Human Rights together with a number of relevant ministries and institutions that are members of the National Business and Human Rights Task Force continue to encourage business actors to implement human rights values in their business activities in line with the spirit of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs)," Dhana said in a written statement, Wednesday, August 9. According to Dhana, telecommunications network companies should be responsible for the impact of their business activities on the environment and society, especially in cable incidents that hang out to eat victims. "In the national business and human rights strategy which hopefully can soon be ratified by the President, we also encourage companies to form or strengthen existing complaint mechanisms, as well as strengthen access to justice for those who are victims of business activities," said Dhana. The chaotic fiber optic cable hanging in the air is now being questioned because it has caused casualties. On January 5, a student named Siltan Rif'at Alfatih was caught in an optical fiber cable that stretched on Jalan Pangeran Antasari, South Jakarta and had to be rushed to the hospital. Now, the Sultan has not been declared cured and is still unable to speak as a result of the incident. Then on Friday, July 28, an online motorcycle taxi driver (ojol) named Vadim was caught in a cable hanging on Jalan Brigadier General Katamso, Palmerah, West Jakarta. Vadim received treatment at the hospital before finally dying. Following up on this problem, the DKI Jakarta Bina Marga Office has summoned PT Bali Towerindo Sentra as the company that owns fiber optic cables that harmed students on Jalan Pangeran Antasari, South Jakarta in January. In this summons, the DKI Jakarta Bina Marga Office asked PT Bali Tower whether the fiber optic cable that strands and ensnares students belongs to the company or not. Furthermore, the Bina Marga Office charged PT Bali Tower regarding the accountability of what had been done in repairing the cable that claimed victims and had to undergo hospital treatment. Then, the DKI Bina Marga Office also summoned PT iberuk Solusi Infotek regarding the case of an online motorcycle taxi driver (ojol) entangled in the company's fiber optic cable to death. Although this case is being investigated by the police, the DKI Provincial Government wants to ask for an explanation to ensure that the cable that ensnared the ojol is its asset.

To the DKI Provincial Government, iberanya admitted that her party had repaired the cable that stretched the handlebar and reorganized the aerial cable up to an altitude of more than 5 meters. Not only that, the DKI Provincial Government also asked to visit the victim's family as a form of empathy and accountability for the incident.