Bad Condition, The National Police's DVI Team Has Difficulty Identifying The Bodies Of Victims Of The Cianjur Earthquake

Police DVI Team/ Photo; Antara

The National Police's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team was assisted by a number of forensic experts and medical personnel such as the Padjadjaran University Dental Medicine Team (Unpad) in identifying the bodies of earthquake victims in Cianjur Regency, West Java.

Head of Medical and Forensic Affairs for Medical and Health Affairs (Doksik Biddokkes) of the West Java Regional Police, Kompol Dr. M Ihsan Wahyudi, at the Mortem Post Post Post, RSUD Sayang, Cianjur Regency, said that assistance from Unpad was imported because his party began to have difficulty identifying victims as the condition of the corpse was worsened on the seventh day after the earthquake.

"Indeed, the condition of the bodies cannot be recognized because there is decay and of course it requires other expert teams such as fingerprints, dentists, forensics, our colleagues from Unpad come here to join, take DNA from Unpad," said Dr. M. Ihsan Wahyudi, quoted from Antara, Sunday, November 27.

He said the DVI team needed comparative data from the victim's family to certain tools to simplify the identification process. "Even the DVI Team must bring in a number of experts, especially from Unpad's forensics to identify the victim's fingerprints and DNA," he said. For identification purposes, people who feel they have lost relatives or family members are required to bring their ID cards and include the latest photos that show the victim's teeth.