An 8-year-old Boy Who Disappeared In Jatinegara Was Found Dead Mining At Manggarai Water Gate

The SAR team found the body of an 8-year-old boy who had drowned in Ciliwung River/ Photo: IST

8-year-old boy named M Diki Firdaus (8) who disappeared drowned in the Ciliwung River, Ciliwung River Inspection Street, Tongtek Kampung Pulo, Jatinegara District, East Jakarta was finally found dead.

The victim's body was found at the Manggarai floodgate, Menteng District, Central Jakarta by a joint SAR team assisted by Manggarai floodgate officers on Wednesday, November 29.

"We found the victim at the Manggarai floodgate at a radius of 3 KM from the scene," said Head of the Jakarta SAR Office as SAR Mission Coordinator (SMC) during the SAR operation, Fazzli, to reporters, Wednesday, November 29.

The victim's body was found between a pile of garbage stuck at the Manggarai floodgate. Furthermore, the victim's body was evacuated using a body bag.

"We immediately evacuated the victim to the funeral home to hand it over to the family," he said.

Fazzli said the search effort had been carried out by joint SAR elements through water and land routes along the Ciliwung River.

"The search was carried out up to a radius of 7 KM from the scene," he said.

The joint SAR elements deployed consisted of the Jakarta SAR Office, DKI Jakarta BPBD, DKI Jakarta Damkar, Jatinegara Police, Jatinegara Babinsa and others.

Previously, it was reported that a boy named M Diki Firdaus (8) drowned in the current of the Ciliwung River which is located on Jalan Inspeksi Ciliwung, Tongtek Kampung Pulo, RT 11/03, Kampung Melayu Village, Jatinegara District, East Jakarta, Tuesday, November 28.

The victim drowned while swimming and bathing with Sadam (9) and another friend in the Ciliwung River. The missing victim drowned leaving clothes on the banks of the Ciliwung River.

"The victim is a resident of Jalan Inspeksi Ciliwung RT 12/03, Jatinegara. The victim is 8 years old, a man with the initials DF," said Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman, Tuesday, November 28.