3 Gold Pendulang Di Tanah Laut Kalsel Dies Ditimbun Longsor, Masih Diindiki Polisi

Police officers from the Tanah Laut Police Satreskrim at the crime scene where three victims of gold collectors were buried by landslides (ANTARA/HO-Satreskrim Polres Tala)

The Tanah Laut - Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) of the Tanah Laut Police (Tala), South Kalimantan Police, is conducting an investigation into three gold collectors who died suspected of being hit by a landslide. "We are currently investigating this case, because three people died while carrying out gold collection activities," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Tanah Laut Police AKP Satria Madangkara Syarifuddin in Pelaihari, Tanah Laut Regency, Antara, Wednesday, September 11. Satria said that the victims who died in the incident were identified as Zainudin, a resident of Martadah Baru Village, Re-mining District, Abdullah, a resident of Cempaka District, Banjarbaru City and Fadli, a resident of Jalan A Yani, Re-mining Village. The incident of the deaths of the three gold collectors was only known to his party, on Tuesday night, at around 22.45 WITA, after reports from residents and police immediately went to the field to conduct checks and investigations at the scene of the case. For the scene of the incident, the gold removal activity was in the Tambang Re-District, Tanah Laut Regency. "Members are currently collecting data from information from the public who know directly about the incident," said Satria. In addition, according to witness testimony, the chronology of the incident began when the three victims wanted to take gold sand and then the land above them collapsed and the victims were immediately buried. One of the witnesses who knew about the incident immediately asked residents to evacuate the victims. "The three victims who were buried by the landslide had been successfully evacuated at around 22.00 WITA, assisted by local residents and volunteers and immediately taken to the funeral home for immediate burial, and for the place of the incident a police line was installed," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Martadah Baru Village, Slamet Prayitno, said that two of the three victims buried by the landslide while gaining gold were brothers. "The three victims who died while carrying out the gold collection activity on Wednesday morning have been buried by their respective families," he said.