A student from the Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) named Galang Edhi Swasono (20), who was reported missing in the Sempu Island area, Sumbermjing Wetan District, Malang Regency, East Java, was found dead.
Head of the Surabaya SAR Office, Muhamad Hariyadi, when confirmed from Kepanjen, Malang Regency, said that his party received a report from fishermen who found a corpse in Antuh Bay, Sempu Island waters at around 07.30 WIB.
"The evacuation process went smoothly. At around 07.50 WIB, the bodies had been evacuated to Sendangbiru Beach from the point of discovery," Hariyadi said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, December 29.
Hariyadi explained, after an evacuation to the Sendangbiru Beach area, the victim's body was taken to the Syaiful Anwar Regional General Hospital (RSUD) Malang City for further treatment by the authorities before being brought home by the family.
According to him, in the process of searching for victims who have been reported missing since December 28, 2023, the joint SAR team has conducted a search in the waters around Sempu Island by using a jukung Basarnas boat and also a surrounding fishing boat.
At the same time, he continued, the ground search team conducted a search around the Lele league on Sempu Island. The team that carried out the ground search also spread information about the incident of the loss of victims to fishermen who were active around Sempu Island.
"The dissemination of this information is intended so that if there are fishermen who know the whereabouts of the victims, they are expected to immediately provide evacuation assistance or report the location of the victim's whereabouts to the officers conducting the search," he said.
Galang Edhi (20), reported missing in Telaga Lele Block in Sempu Island, Sendangbiru Hamlet, Tambakrejo Village, Sumbermjing Wetan District, since December 27, 2023 at approximately 11.30 WIB.
Galang Edhi is a student majoring in Conservation of Forest Resources and Ecotourism IPB who is conducting a research expedition on Sempu Island. Galang Edhi left the group on December 27, 2023 at approximately 09.00 WIB.
The victim should have returned with a group conducting research in the Telaga Lele Block in the Sempu Island area at 11.00 WIB. However, until 11.30 WIB, Galang Edhi did not return to the group.
After the victim did not return at that time, the research team on Sempu Island decided to conduct a search. However, until 23.00 WIB, the victim was not found. The incident was reported on December 28, 2023.
Sempu Island is located in the southern Malang area, East Java, and is a nature asylum area with the status of a nature reserve. The determination of Sempu Island as a nature conservation area was determined in 1928.
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Administratively, the Sempu Island Nature Reserve is located in Sendangbiru Hamlet, Tambakrejo Village, Sumbermjing Wetan District, Malang Regency. Sempu Island is designated as a nature reserve because it has natural uniqueness and biological wealth.
The diversity of plant species on Sempu Island is also fairly high. According to data from the East Java Natural Resources Conservation Center (BBKSDA) in 2009, there were 314 types of plants on the island which directly bordered the Indian Ocean.
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