Central Jakarta Metro Police asked residents to report immediately if they lost relatives, in order to reveal the discovery of an unidentified body in Cideng River.
"Immediately report, we have also distributed information and photos of victims so that the family can be identified," said Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Pol Susatyo Purnomo Condro in Jakarta, Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
According to him, the police will work quickly so that the identity of the victim is immediately known because identity is an important thing so that investigations are easier to carry out.
He emphasized that his party would investigate the possibility of a criminal act in the case of finding the body of a man in Cideng River, Kampung Bali Village, Tanah Abang District, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday at around 11.00 WIB.
However, his party did not want to assume it was too fast to state whether the unidentified body was a murder victim or not.
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"The results of the autopsy will be the basis for knowing the cause of death. What is clear is that the police are committed to uncovering this case in a transparent and professional manner," he said.
Previously, the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Tanah Abang Metro Police, Central Jakarta, Kompol Martua Malau, stated that he was still investigating the cause of death of an unidentified body found by officers from the Water Agency's Cleaning Implementation Unit (UPK) in Cideng River, Central Jakarta.
"We are waiting for the results of the post-mortem from Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) to find out the cause of death of the unidentified corpse," he said.
According to him, the discovery of the body was first by UPK officers from the Water Agency and after receiving the report, his party immediately went to the location.
Malau said that his party had also asked for statements from several witnesses, such as officers who first found them and several other witnesses.
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