LPG Warehouse Owner In Bali Burned And Killed 12 Officials Become Suspects

Denpasar City Police Chief AKBP I Made Bayu Sutha Sartana/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Denpasar City Police, Bali named Sukojin (50), the owner of the burning Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) warehouse on Jalan Cargo Taman 1, Ubung Kaja, North Denpasar on Sunday, June 9, as a suspect. "Based on the results of the investigation by the Denpasar Police Satreskrim, we have also communicated with the statements of several experts, from the results of the crime scene investigation and the testimony of one suspect with the initials S," said Denpasar City Police Deputy AKBP I Made Bayu Sutha Sartana, Antara, Saturday, 15 June.Bayu said that the suspect Sukojin was the party responsible for the deaths of 12 victims out of a total of 18 victims who were treated at the hospital. The man from Banyuwangi who is the owner of the CV. Bintang Bagus Perkasa as well as the owner of the burning warehouse, was charged with multiple articles. Article 359 of the Criminal Code concerning Negligence that causes people to die and Article 53 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 22 of 2001 concerning Oil and Gas of Earth as amended by Article 40 letter 8 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 6 of 2023 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulations in Lieu of Law Number 2 of 2022 concerning Job Creation into Law. Meanwhile, the Head of the Denpasar Police Criminal Investigation Unit Kompol Laorens Rajamangapul Heselo said Sukojin was named a suspect on Friday, June 14 night and immediately detained. He said that the determination of the suspect against Sukojin was based on the results of the examination of nine witnesses, the results of the case title, and the statements of experts referring to the position of the suspect in charge of the LPG warehouse explosion that killed 12 people. "to the citizens in general, that we are really firm, because one of the elements we see is that there are many casualties," he said. According to Laorens, the investigation process of the case is still ongoing. Therefore, the articles suspected of Sukojin have the potential to increase along with the findings of investigators. Likewise with the new suspect in the case. Laorens said that the alleged mixing of LPG gas is still being investigated by investigators. Currently, he said, investigators are still Collecting information from various parties and collecting evidence, as well as waiting for the results of the Bali Police Labfor laboratory test. "For the problem of fixed voting, we are still developing it because it is still in the process of collecting evidence and also several other information and instructions such as collecting evidence, what activities it is," he said.

Previously, an LPG gas warehouse on Jalan Cargo Taman 1, Banjar Uma Sari, Ubung Kaja Village, North Denpasar, Denpasar City, reportedly caught fire on Sunday (9/6) at around 06.10 WITA. The Bali Regional Police said there were at least 18 victims as a result of the explosion. The 18 people on average suffered serious burns. Until 16.00 WITA, the number of victims who died reached 12 people. 11 people were recorded to have died at Prof Ngoerah Hospital / Sanglah Denpasar, while one other person died at Wangaya Hospital Denpasar, Bali.