JAKARTA - A crew member named Ari Wijaya was reported missing after being thrown into the sea at the east pier of Muara Baru Port, Penjaringan, North Jakarta.
As of Saturday, January 10, in the morning, the victim was still being searched by joint officers at the location and its surroundings.
"Until now, the search has been carried out by personnel from the Muara Baru Police, Basarnas, Bakamla," said the Tanjung Priok Port Police Chief, AKBP Aris Wibowo when confirmed.
The Police Chief explained that the search process for the ABK victim using a rubber boat with 3 stages of search methods, namely using visual, using anchors, and diving.
AKBP Aris said that the incident where the ABK was thrown into the sea began with a report from the ship's manager who came to the Muara Baru Area Police.
"The man named Susanto as the manager of the KM Primahasil Samudra ship came to the Muara Baru Police. He reported that a crew member named Ari Wijaya fell into the East Dock Pool of the Muara Baru Port and has not yet been found," he said.
After receiving the report, the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Muara Baru Police carried out an initial crime scene check and conducted a visual search around the location and still could not be found.
Furthermore, the Criminal Investigation Unit picket together with the ship's manager of the KM. Primahasil Samudra headed to the Air Police Post of the Metro Jaya Police which is located at the Muara Baru Pump Building for coordination regarding the search for the victim who fell.
The Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Muara Baru Police, Ipda Fauzi Widi, based on the witness's statement, before disappearing, the victim had planned to take a bath near the front bow of the ship.
"Based on the witness's statement while standing in front of the door of the engine room, he saw ABK Ari after waking up in the captain's room on the 2nd floor, going down the stairs on the left to the front of the ship. The victim opened his clothes to take a shower by opening the lid of the clean water storage, then the victim slipped and fell," said Ipda Fauzi.
When he saw the victim being thrown, the witness, initials M, who saw it then ran to the middle to pick up the rope tied to the front bow of the boat.
However, efforts to help the victim by throwing a rope into the sea pool were too late. The victim had drowned in the sea and was lost from sight.
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