Police Examine 10 Witnesses Investigate Coal Mine Landslide Case In Jambi Kills 2 Workers

Landslide illustration. (Between)

JAMBI - The landslide that killed two workers and injured two others in the coal mining area of PT Kuansing Inti Makmur (KIM) in Tanjung Belit Hamlet, Jujuhan District, Bungo Regency, Jambi Province, has received police attention.

Jambi Police Special Criminal Investigation Director Kombes Pol Christian Tory said his party was investigating the incident that occurred on 9 March.

"The team from the Jambi Regional Police are assisting Bungo Police investigators to investigate whether this was a pure accident or there was an element of negligence," he said in Jambi, Thursday, April 14.

The police have also interrogated the company, where lastly there were 10 witnesses who were examined by the police to reveal whether the case was purely an accident or if there was a criminal element in it.

"We have interrogated them and are currently still being investigated by the Polda and Polres teams and later the case is also proven that there is a criminal violation, which will be handled by Bungo Police investigators," said Tory, as reported by Antara.

Previously, PT KIM's Public Relations Officer, Farid, admitted that a number of people from his company's mining division had been questioned, but he did not know the exact number who had been questioned.

In this case, two of the four PT KIM mining workers who were buried by the landslide died at the scene where one of the victims who died was buried and even could only be evacuated the next day because excavation was hampered by rain at the time of the incident and the time of evacuation.

Bungo Regency is one of the regencies in Jambi Province which is a center for coal mining and currently in Jambi coal mining continues to grow and becomes Regional Original Income.