KSOP Calls The Tiana Ship That Submerges In Labuan Bajo Like A Roller

The Joint SAR Team evacuated the victims of a sinking ship in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, NTT, Saturday (21/1/2023). ANTARA

LABUAN BAJO - The Port Authority and Port Authority (KSOP) Class III Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara, said the Tiana ship, which sank in Batu Tiga waters, was fit to sail and fulfilled the sailing agreement. "From the legal side, ships can be operationalized. We first check the petition from the ship owner, we check everything is feasible, we issue a sailing approval letter. We are limited to public services that ships can be operated," said Head of Class III KSOP Labuan Bajo Hasan Sadili in Labuan Bajo, NTT, Antara, Wednesday, January 25. He explained that ships should not sail if the ship is in the judicial process on the instructions of the prosecutor's office and the weather is bad. If not in those two circumstances, the ship can sail after obtaining inspection and approval. "As long as the ship is not constrained and legally allowed, then the harbormaster is because public services are not required not to give permission," he said again. Regarding information from the Tiana ship which is evidence of the sinking ship in 2022, Hasan said the ship was also operated at the request of the West Manggarai Police. This has been stated in the application letter sent to the Labuan Bajo KSOP. Next, the ship has obtained two sailing permits in January 2023. The first permit was issued around January 13-14, 2023. He stated that the harbormaster only ensured the sailing ship with a valid certificate and the ship was not under court control. "There was a request from the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit that this ship had been deposited and could also be operated while being treated, but around Labuan Bajo, basically, there was a letter from the Resort Police," he said. The Tiana ship carrying 14 tourists experienced a ship accident and sank in the waters of Batu Tiga, Saturday (21/1/2023) afternoon. In that incident, two tourists were injured and rushed to Siloam Labuan Bajo Hospital. The West Manggarai Police admit that the ship has the status of evidence of a criminal case in 2022 and is being borrowed by the ship owner for treatment. The case of the sinking ship is still in process at the District Attorney's Office and the West Manggarai Police with P19 status. This has been conveyed by the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the West Manggarai Police, Adjunct Commissioner of Police Ridwan, to reporters in Labuan Bajo, Monday (23/1/2023). He said the ship owner proposed to borrow and use evidence to care for and repair the ship through a letter of application and follow the procedures that took effect some time ago. "So, what is happening today (the ship is used to sail) is beyond our expectations," added Ridwan.