“We are reporting Nissan and its sole authorized agent in Indonesia pertaining to Olivia’s incident. We want legal protection from the police,” Olivia’s mother, Nathalia Margaretha, told reporters after filing the report at the city police’s center for police services.

Nathalie came to the police with her husband Soerijo Gondo Setiawan and their lawyer, OC Kaligis.

Soerijo said that he believed there were some peculiarities in the circumstances that led to the death of his daughter. “At the time of the accident, the doors were all locked and the airbag did not function properly.”

Kaligis said that he had strong evidence that there had been negligence on Nissan’s part that led to Olivia’s death and that the traffic accident was clearly a criminal case.

He also said that the police report was made against four individuals from Nissan. “However, I’m afraid I can’t divulge any further information regarding the evidence and the names of the reported individuals at this moment,” he told reporters.

According to Kaligis, Olivia’s parents reported Nissan for violating Article 359 of the Criminal Code “for negligence resulting in the death of others”.

Olivia, 17, was reportedly driving a Nissan Juke at high speed in the small hours of March 10, when it swerved off the road and crashed into a billboard-supporting pole in front of Wisma Nugra Santana in Jl. Sudirman. The vehicle burst into flames soon afterward.

Olivia was killed in the crash, while her friend Joy Sebastian, who was sitting in the car’s front passenger seat, was severely injured and was treated at Gading Pluit Hospital in North Jakarta for a period of time.

Police said the investigation into the accident had been closed, though they were still waiting for the results of the forensics lab to identify the cause of the fire. “We’ll find out from the lab results whether the impact directly caused the fire, or if there were any other reasons, including faults in the car’s design and structure.”

Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said that, even though the traffic accident case had been closed, the victims’ family members were welcome to raise other issues related to the incident. “If the victims’ family want to file a report about the technical condition of the car [involved in the accident], it is their right to do so,” he said.

Nissan Motor Indonesia, Nissan’s sole authorized agent in Indonesia, is unavailable for comment. The company did not respond to The Jakarta Post’s text message and calls.

This is not the only legal case that has befallen Nissan Motor Indonesia recently. Nissan March owner Ludmilla Arif recently filed a lawsuit against Nissan Motor Indonesia for providing a “false advertisement”. According to her, Nissan advertised the March hatchbacks as vehicles with fuel consumption of around 21 kilometers per liter.

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