JAKARTA - Head of the Infrastructure and Utilities Facilities Division of the DKI Jakarta Highways Office, Syamsul Bakhri, admitted that his party had just summoned a company that owns fiber optic cables that harmed students on Jalan Pangeran Antasari, South Jakarta in January.
Seven months passed, this case became crowded because recently, the families of the victims who were caught in an optical fiber cable on Jalan Antasari only opened their voices to the public.
Syamsul said the DKI Provincial Government had just followed up on this case because previously it had not received a report from the victim. The DKI Provincial Government only found out after it was widely discussed on social media.
"Today we are confirming with the owner of Bali Tower regarding the incident and what Bali Tower has done. At the time of the incident (the student was caught in a cable), there was absolutely no information to the DKI Provincial Government, nothing to the Bina Marga Office," said Syamsul when contacted, Monday, July 31.
In this summons, the DKI Jakarta Bina Marga Office will ask PT Bali Tower for information whether the fiber optic cable that strands and ensnares students belongs to the company or not.
Furthermore, the Bina Marga Office charged PT Bali Tower regarding the accountability of what had been done in repairing the cable that claimed victims and had to undergo hospital treatment.
"We urge them to keep tidying up, tidy up the current ones, and also in other locations to avoid similar incidents," said Syamsul.
As previously reported, a Brawijaya University student named Sultan Rif'at Alfatih (20) experienced a bitter incident. The reason is, he could not speak for almost seven months due to his neck being entangled in an optical fiber cable.
Sultan's father, Fatih, said the incident occurred on Jalan Pangeran Antasari, South Jakarta on January 5, 2023, at 22.00 WIB.
The incident started when the child was spending semester holidays with his high school friends around the capital. They went by two-wheeled driving towards Jalan TB Simatupang and then turned left on Jalan Pangeran Antasari.
After walking along Jalan Pangeran Antasari for one kilometer, suddenly there was an SUV that stopped in front of the victim's motorbike. Because there is an optical fiber cable that crosses the road.
The SUV driver who moved slowly to pass the cable that was stretched was thought to have miscalculated. He allegedly did not realize the cable was stuck on the roof of the car.
"Because the fiber optic cable is made of steel fiber, the cable doesn't break when you are interested in a few meters. The cable turns to the back and stabs my child's neck. Immediately, my child immediately fell due to cable traps," Fatih told reporters, Saturday, July 29.
The victim, who was unconscious, was immediately taken by his friends and a number of road users to the Fatmawati Central General Hospital (RSUP), to get first aid.
"(The doctor) sentenced my son that his throat or young bones in his throat broke and fell apart from what was called the offline or like the jakun was released," explained Fatih.
"Even couldn't speak for almost seven months as a result of the incident," he said.
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