The Regent Of Jember Wondered What Rituals The Victims Did To Be Dragged By The Waves On Payangan Beach

One of the families of the victims of Payangan Beach Jember/ Photo: Antara

JEMBER – The tragedy on Payangan Beach, Jember Regency, East Java, which dragged 24 people while doing meditation, attracted the attention of the Regent of Jember, Hendy Siswanto, to visit the victim.

Hendy visits the survivors of the ritual participants at the Ambulu Health Center, and provides compensation to the families of the victims who died due to being hit by big waves at Payangan Beach, Sunday, February 13.

"They are a group of Single Jati Nusantara Group, as many as 23 people and one driver who took the group to Payangan Beach," said Jember Regent Hendy Siswanto after visiting survivors at the Ambulu Health Center.

He said the group carried out ritual activities around Payangan Beach, but they did not know what kind of ritual was carried out until they were swept away by the waves of the southern sea.

"From the incident, 11 victims were found dead and 13 survivors, including the driver of the group," he said.

Of the 11 victims of the ritual participants who died, 10 of them were residents of Jember Regency. In fact, one resident of Bondowoso Regency is an active police officer at one of the police stations in Bondowoso.

Hendy admitted that he still didn't know what they were doing so that this incident could happen. According to him, around the south coast is indeed dangerous because it often causes victims due to sea accidents or others. So, Hendy continued, his party together with related officers will trace the incident to the survivors.

After leaving the Ambulu Health Center, the Regent of Jember together with the Dandim 0824/Jember Letkol. inf. C. Pangaribuan and Jember Police Chief AKBP Hery Purnomo visited the house of the victim of the ritual participant who died. One of the victims is a married couple (couple) Saiful Bahri and Sri Wahyuni Komariah in Ajung District, and the victim Sulastri in Gebang Village, Patrang District.

"On behalf of myself and the Jember Regency Government, I share my condolences for the deaths of dozens of people on Payangan Beach. Let's pray together that they will be husnul khotimah," he said.

The Jember Regency Government also provided compensation to the families of the victims and provided moral support for the disaster that occurred at Payangan Beach Jember.

"I ask all Jember residents not to move on the beach first because the weather is dangerous, please help the relevant officers to tighten coastal guarding," he said.