PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) is still waiting for the results of the Police investigation regarding the cause of the KM Doryonda fire while undergoing routine maintenance at the PT Dok Koja Bahari shipyard in the waters of Tanjung Priok Port on Monday (11/8).
"We cannot precede the results of the police investigation to find out the cause of this fire," said Corporate Communications Manager of PT Pelni Dittowahilanda in Jakarta, Wednesday, as reported by Antara.
According to him, the results of the investigation from the Police will determine who is responsible for the burning of the ship with a capacity of 2,000 passengers.
"The results of the inspection will also determine who will repair the damage to the ship," he said.
PT Pelni has handed over the maintenance and repair of KM Doryonda to PT Dok Koja Bahari and the ship caught fire while undergoing treatment.
He gave an example of a car that was being repaired at the workshop and caught fire, of course the one responsible was the workshop. "It's not even the car owner," he said.
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In addition, PT Pelni only received an annual routine maintenance schedule from PT Dok Koja Bahari and so far there has been no improvement.
"We leave it to the police and hope that repairs will be made soon because it has an impact on the operation of ship passengers," he said.
Previously, the Tanjung Priok Port Police stated that they were still waiting for the results of an examination from the forensic laboratory (labfor) to reveal the cause of the KM Doryonda fire during maintenance at the PT Dok Koja Bahari shipyard on Monday (11/8).
"We are still waiting for the forensic laboratory," said Head of the Tanjung Priok Port Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Kasat Reskrim) AKP I Gusti Ngurah Khrisna.
Tanjung Priok Port Police Chief AKBP Martuasah H Tobing said his party had asked for information from five witnesses regarding the burning of the passenger ship belonging to PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni).
In addition, officers have also conducted a crime scene (TKP) to reveal the cause of this case. After everything is complete, it will conduct a case title and can only conclude its status from an investigation to an investigation.
"If this is negligence, of course we will act and everything depends on the results of the case later," he said.
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