Two Donors Of Chicken Noodle Who Made Landslide Refugees Nganjuk Poisoned Were Examined

Victims of chicken noodle poisoning are still being treated at Puskemas Ngetos, Nganjuk Regency, East Java (Photo: Antara)

NGANJUK - Nganjuk Police, East Java, investigated the mass poisoning experienced by 44 displaced landslide victims in Ngetos Village. Two donors gave chicken noodles to poisoned refugees.

"There are two people who are currently undergoing examination. If the results of the investigation have a criminal element, then we will increase it to the investigation process for law enforcement", Nganjuk Police Chief, AKBP Harviadhi Agung Pratama, confirmed, Friday, February 19.

Landslide refugees are known to be poisoned after eating chicken noodles that were distributed by donors. The chicken noodles were packaged in ready-to-eat cups, distributed by donors at 15.00 WIB Thursday, February 18 afternoon.

"So I emphasize that it is not food produced from the public kitchen at the Posko", said Harvi.

Based on data in the field, said Harvi, there were 44 victims of mass poisoning at the Ngetos Refugee Command Post. In detail, three people were treated by Nganjuk Hospital, one person at Bhayangkara Nganjuk Hospital.

Then 7 people were at the Public of Health (Puskesmas), 33 were outpatient, and returned to the evacuation post in Ngetos.

Harvi said the community began experiencing symptoms of vomiting, nausea, dizziness, and diarrhea at the evacuation post at 22.00 WIB, Thursday, February 18. Harvi then ordered the Criminal Unit Police and Automatic Finger Print Identification System (Inafis) to carry out an investigation, as well as bring several samples of the chicken noodle food for laboratory tests.

The result, said Harvi, was that the ready-to-eat chicken noodles were thought to contain formaldehyde or formalin. Because of some of the elements tested, only formaldehyde has a score of 10. "This formaldehyde is probably the reason people who consume chicken noodles experience symptoms", said Harvi.