PT ITSS Smelter Explosion In Morowali, 2 Foreigners From China Become Suspects

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JAKARTA - The Central Sulawesi (Central Sulawesi) Regional Police (Polda) named two suspects in the explosion of the PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS) smelter in Morowali Regency in December 2023. "The two officials are foreign nationals (WNA) from China initials ZG and Z," said Head of Humas Polda Central Sulawesi Kombes Pol Djoko Wienartono when contacted in Palu, Monday, February 12, confiscated by Antara. He revealed that the two foreigners were PT ITSS peterggi, namely suspect ZG as the Furnace Supervisor PT Zhao Hui Nickel who was seconded to PT ITSS, and Z was the Deputy Supervisor of PT OSMI.

From the results of the previous investigation, it is suspected that a number of standard operating procedures (SOPs) were violated in terms of officers, both the work method and the decision by the party responsible for the work. In the incident that occurred on December 24, 2023, 20 victims died, consisting of 12 workers from Indonesia and eight people were foreign workers.