Add Two People, A Total Of Seven Victims Of The Tangerang Prison Fire Have Been Identified

The National Police's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team continues to try to identify the victims' bodies. (photo: Public Relations Police).

JAKARTA - Two victims who died in a fire at the Class I Tangerang Correctional Institution (Lapas) have been identified again, Saturday, September 11. The two victims were Mad Idris bin Adrismon (29) and Ferdian Perdana bin Sukriadi (28).

Mad Idris is a resident of Bambu Apus Village, Cipayung District, East Jakarta. Meanwhile, Ferdian Perdana is a resident of East Pamulang Village, Pamulang District, South Tangerang City.

Mad Idris was identified through matching the victim's DNA sample with the victim's family. Meanwhile, Ferdian Perdana was identified through a medical examination with the characteristic tattoos on his body.

As of Saturday afternoon, a total of seven fire victims have been identified by the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Team of the Indonesian National Police (Polri). Five of them have been handed over to the family. While 34 others are still in the identification process.

The difficulty in identifying victims is due to various obstacles. For example, the victim's body is no longer intact so that in identifying the victim, we must use a family DNA sample.

In addition, sometimes there are some characteristics of victims such as tattoos which according to the knowledge of the family, the victim is not tattooed. This condition can occur because in prison, many prisoners make new tattoos that may not be known to the family.

However, to ensure certainty, now DVI confirms it by testing the victim's DNA with the family. This condition certainly takes time to match.

The details of the victims who have been identified are as follows:

Rudhi bin Ong Eng Cue, having his/her address at Perum Liga Mas Anoman No. 03, RT. 03/001, Karawaci Village, Karawaci District, Tangerang City. Diyan Adi Priyana bin Kholil, having his/her address at Jalan Cermai 1 No. 15, RT. 03/04, Suradita Cisauk, South Tangerang. Kusnadi bin Rauf, having his address at Jalan Budimulia No. 39, RT 09/07, West Pademangan Village, Pademangan District, North Jakarta. Alfin bin Marsum, having his/her address at Bamboo Village, Wonokromo Village, Mojotengah District, Wonosobo Regency, Central Java. Bustanil Arifin bin Arwani, having his/her address at Jalan Kimia Ujing, RT. 006/001 No. 8, Pengangsaan Village, Menteng District, Central Jakarta. Mad Idris bin Adrismon, having his/her address at Jalan Bambu Apus. RT. 006/002, Bambu Apus Village, Cipayung District, East Jakarta. Ferdian Perdana bin Sukriadi, having his/her address at Jalan Pinang, RT. 02/03, East Pamulang Village, Pamulang District, South Tangerang City.