After Being Asked For Eid In His Hometown, South Sumatra Residents Died Covered In Land Land Landslides While Looking For Gold Spots In Jambi

Illustration of illegal gold mining locations in Jambi. (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - A gold miner without a permit was found dead as a result of being buried by landslides while looking for gold grains in Sarolangun Regency, Jambi.

The victim, Biden, is a resident of Muratara Regency, South Sumatra Province, who works to find gold illegally. At that time, the victim was working to find gold with his colleague.

Meanwhile, the victim's colleague, Des, was reportedly in critical condition at the hospital.

According to Putra, who is a relative of the victim, said that Biden still had time to send money for his son's tuition fees. That was a few days before the unfortunate incident. Then the family asked Biden to return to his hometown with Eid Al-Fitr with his family.

However, the request was rejected by Biden. Biden's reason at the time was that he still wanted to work in an illegal gold mine.

However, not the news of the plan to return home, the victim's family received news that Biden was buried by a landslide while digging for gold, as reported by Antara, Saturday, July.

According to another witness, victim Biden and his partner worked with the "nebeng" system, namely digging near the excavator excavation. As a result of the new excavation, the cliff at the location where the victim dug gold collapsed and buried the two with a thickness of five meters of land.

This evacuation process lasted quite a long time. Considering that the excavation was carried out manually or about two hours of excavation, it was only possible to remove the victim's body.

After being evacuated, Biden's body was immediately taken to Noman Baru Village and immediately buried at TPU Noman Baru Village.

Meanwhile, the Head of Rupit Makhturidi Sub-district when confirmed about the incident admitted that he did not know in detail the information. He said that many residents who mine near the excavator excavation were often buried by landslides.