AGO, Polri Building Fire: Cigarette Butts Throwed Into Plastic Bags

JAKARTA - Bareskrim Polri explained the beginning of the fire at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) building. The fire is said to have originated from cigarette coals that were dumped by construction workers into plastic polybags.

The Director of the Directorate of General Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Ferdy Sambo, said that the suspects who renovated the Personnel Bureau hall collected trash from their work.

The trash is put into three polybags or large plastic bags. Including cigarette butts that may still be slightly lit.

"We collect all the used paper towels, put the used wood in it. Including the cigarette is thrown there," Ferdy told reporters, Friday, October 23.

Then, the suspects left the hall. They came down from the 6th floor of the AGO building.

Fires in polybags burn other rubbish. A large fire appeared and burned the surrounding objects.

"(Polybag) is close to thinner, aibon glue and others," he said.

In the end, an even bigger fire burned several parts of the AGO building.

In this case, Bareskrim Polri named eight suspects. Five of them are construction workers.

The five construction workers have the initials T, H, S, K, and IS. They were named suspects for violating the no smoking rule in the personnel bureau hall.

While the other three namely, UAM as the foreman, R who is the Director of PT ARM and the Commitment Making Officer (PPK) of the Attorney General's Office, NH.

The determination of the suspect against UAM was reasoned because they did not supervise the five craftsmen while they were working. Meanwhile, R and NH were named suspects for making an agreement to use a dust cleaner cleaning fluid which is said to accelerate the combustion process.

The suspects were charged under Article 188 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 and Article 56 of the Criminal Code with the threat of 5 years in prison.