PALEMBANG - The Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team of the National Police Pusdokkes has sent 16 DNA samples of victims of the Inter-Sumatra Bus Accident (ALS) and tanker truck in North Musi Rawas Regency (Muratara), South Sumatra, to the Pusdokkes Laboratory of the National Police Headquarters to accelerate the process of identifying victims.
Head of Bhayangkara Hospital Moh Hasan Palembang Kombes Pol Budi Susanto in Palembang, Friday, said the sample delivery was carried out by air on the second day of the DVI operation.
"Today we have sent DNA samples to the National Police Headquarters, Pusdokkes Laboratory of the National Police Headquarters by air, from 16 postmortem samples and eight samples for six antemortem data numbers," he said as reported by ANTARA, Friday, May 8.
He explained that of the 16 postmortem samples, two of them were taken twice to ensure the accuracy of the examination because the condition of the body was difficult to recognize.
"From 16 we take there are two samples, because it is difficult to recognize the condition of the body, so to make sure we double-check the examination," he explained.
The identification process is still being carried out through the matching of postmortem data with antemortem data obtained from the victim's family through the DVI post and hotline service.
In addition to sending DNA samples, the DVI team also re-examined 16 bags of bodies received at Bhayangkara Moh Hasan Palembang Hospital.
From the results of the examination, the team found a total of 17 bodies, including an additional body part suspected of being a child under the age of five.
"Well, in today's in-depth results we found in one bag of bodies there were two body parts attached to the armpit area," he said.
Budi said that until the second day of the operation, the team had not been able to determine the victim's identity validly because they were still waiting for the results of DNA examination from the National Police Headquarters laboratory.
Meanwhile, the results of the interim examination showed that 13 bodies were identified as adult men, three adult women, and one child whose gender was not known.
The DVI team has also coordinated with police in Aceh, North Sumatra, and Central Java to help collect DNA samples from the victims' families outside South Sumatra.
"We pick up the ball to ask for the help of the DVI team in the area to take samples of DNA from the core family or property that the victim usually uses," said Budi.
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