Next Week, The National Police Will Be EXhuming Two Victims Of The Malang Death Tragedy

Head of Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo. (Rizky Adytia Pramana/VOI)

JAKARTA - The deadly tragedy at the Kanjuruhan Malang Stadium that killed hundreds of people continues to be investigated. The National Police plans to exhume or demolish the graves of victims of the deadly tragedy. "The team will carry out exhumation or dig graves," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo to reporters, Saturday, October 15. The plan is for the exhumation process to be held on Wednesday, October 19. Dedi said he already had two victims to be declared. Of course, the exhumation process was carried out with the approval of all parties, including the victim's family. "We have received two victims who will be exhumed on Wednesday," said Dedi. The exhumation process is carried out to strengthen the process of proving the cause of death of the victim. Later, the autopsy process will involve an expert forensic team in their field. "This is strengthening the evidence of the scientific process carried out by investigators. This also involves the association of Indonesian forensic medicine and forensic medicine in Malang," said Dedi. For information, in the tragedy of Kanjuruhan Malang, at least 132 people died. Some said the cause was the death toll from the shooting of tear gas by the police. Then, in this case the National Police have named six suspects. They are, the President Director of PT LIB, Akhmad Hadian Lukita, the Chairperson of Panpel Arema FC Abdul Haris, and Arema Security Officer, Suko Sutrisno. Then, the Head of Malang Police Ops Kompol Wahyu Setyo Pranoto, Head of Samapta Malang Police AKP Bambang Sidik Achmadi, and the East Java Police Mobile Brigade Company Commander AKP Hasdarman.