ROOFTILE, Jawa Pos Radar Tile – Three children who died from drowning while playing in the C excavated pool in Tegalyasan Hamlet, Tegalarum village, Sempu Kecamatan District, Banyuwangi, on Monday (17/4) received special attention from the police. Sand quarry owner, H Imam Muslim, 50, from Gambiran Village/District, summoned to the Sempu Police for questioning, Tuesday (18/4).
It is just, manager of excavation C which killed three girls from Dusun Resomulyo, Wetan Tile Village, Tile District, Agreed, 5; Intelligence, 8, and Salsabila, 7, was not present to meet the summons of the police. "Today (yesterday) we have called (manager),said the Sempu Police Chief, AKP Karyadi to Jawa Pos Radar Tile, Tuesday (18/4).
According to the Police Chief, Several people have been summoned for questioning. It is just, waited until the afternoon no one came to the police to fulfill the summons. "Managers and their employees have not come," he said.
For the purposes of the investigation, The police chief said that the pool where three children died from drowning had been cordoned off by police. Sand mine entrance, It is also delimited by a yellow line. So that, there is no activity at excavation site C which has six holes. “Begging anyone not to enter that location," he asked.
Asked about the potential for the mining manager to be caught in the law, Karyadi admitted that he still could not be sure. According to him, it depends on whether there is a police report made by the aggrieved party. “Keep waiting on that (police report), so far there is still no report," he explained.
About the former excavation pit that was not reclaimed, Karyadi said there was a possibility that the miners were waiting for the mining process at that location to be completed in its entirety. "Technically I don't know, but there is a possibility that miners wait until everything is done,the excuse.
Six holes with a depth of more than two meters, be the highlight of the Village Head (village head) Tegalarum, Achmad Turmudzi. According to him, Miners should be able to ensure safety at their mining sites, including environmental restoration. "If conditions are like this (unsafe because no reclamation would obviously be dangerous,He said.
Turmudzi said that excavation C, which claimed three lives, had received a recommendation from the Tegalarum Village Government, and has pocketed operational permits from East Java Province. "If the permit is clear, we just have to see how it goes, also anxiety," he said.
According to Turmudzi, The existence of the sand mine had previously been rejected by the local community, not only from his village, but also from the residents of Dusun Resomulyo, Wetan Tile Village, Genteng sub-district which is directly adjacent to the area. “Previously, there were often complaints about road problems, miners are often late in watering the road used by dump trucks, so the road is dusty and dirty,"he said.
As previously reported, three children were found dead by residents in a former excavation pool C in Tegalyasan Hamlet, Tegalarum village, Sempu Kecamatan District, Monday (17/4) around 16.30. of the three victims, one floats and the other two are found at the bottom of the pool.
The victim who was found floating in a dead condition was Sopiatun, 5, While the other two children who also died were Aqila, 8, and Salsabila, 7. They are from Dusun Resomulyo, Wetan Tile Village, Tile District. "Some people came asking for help, he said there were three children drowned in the former sand mining pool,explained Joko Setio, 32, victim's neighbor.
From the news, Joko admitted that he and other neighbors went straight to the former sand mine which had not been reclaimed. Arrived at the scene, one of the victims of Sopiatun was already floating on the surface of the water. “One child floating has died," he explained.(sas/abi)
