Allegedly Depression Entering Malaysia, Edi Purwanto When His Partner Falls Into The Sea Of The Riau Bengkalis Strait

The SAR team was looking for a male victim named Edi Purwanto (38), a man from Lampung Province/ANTARA

PekanbarU - The Pekanbaru Basarnas team is still looking for a man named Edi Purwanto (38), a man from Lampung Province who went missing for throwing himself in the waters of the Bengkalis Strait, Riau Province, last Saturday evening at around 18.30 WIB. Edi is suspected of being depressed unable to enter Malaysia. Head of the Pekanbaru Basarnas Office, I Nyoman Sidakarya, said that initially the victim and his two colleagues departed from the Air Putih crossing port using a travel car to Sungai Seri Airport with the aim of going to Malaysia for work. "However, while inside KMP Mutiara Pertiwi II, the victim suddenly hit his two colleagues and immediately plunged into the sea," he said in a statement in Pekanbaru, Antara, Sunday, November 20. After the witness was questioned by the Bukit Batu Police, Bengkalis Police, the victim was suspected of having depression because he was refused entry to Malaysia by the Malaysian Immigration Office. "The joint SAR team is still searching around 200 meters from the shoreline of the Bengkalis Strait. Currently, the search results are still nil," he said. Regarding the beating or fighting of the victim and two of his colleagues, he said, the local police are still investigating the cause. Basarnas itself focuses on looking for victims who drowned and disappeared. "However, his party continues to search for the next few days so that the victim can be found. "We ask for prayers," he said. The joint SAR team consisted of the handling of the Bengkalis SAR Post Basarnas, Polairud, Bengkalis Regency BPBD, local Police, Syahbandar, Polsek and Bengkalis Fire Department.