Investigating Tangerang Prison Fire, 2 Accompanying Prisoners Examined

Tangerang Prison/DOK VIA ANTARA

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya examined two additional witnesses related to the Tangerang Class I prison fire case. Both are inmates assigned to electricity maintenance.

"Then there were two more inmates who had their electricity plugged and they were also regular churches, they were prisoners who took care of electricity and church problems because there is a church near block C2," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus to reporters, Thursday, 16 September.

With this addition, the number of witnesses being examined today is 10 people. Four of them are inmates who are placed next to the fire location.

"They were in the block next to the fire. If it was block C2, they were in Block C1 and Block C3. We examined four residents who knew and saw the fire," said Yusri.

In addition, investigators in an effort to uncover this case also examined two Tangerang Class I prison officers. They all continue to be dug up their statements to determine the suspect behind the deadly fire.

"There are two prison personnel that we BAP are examining again today," said Yusri.

The Tangerang Class I prison caught fire on Wednesday, September 8, in the early hours of the morning. As a result, 44 inmates died due to the incident.

Dozens of prisoners were not able to save themselves. Because when the fire broke out, the prison cell was locked. While the officers did not have time to open the cells of the victims.

The police stated that there were allegations of negligence and intentional crime behind this.