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Victim's son deplores footage of South Jakarta construction accident
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A woman scatters petals at the spot where 54-year-old Tarminah was killed on March 18, when she was hit by an iron bar from the Pasar Rumput low-cost apartment project in South Jakarta. (kompas.com/ Akhdi Martin Pratama)
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he 28-year-old son of Tarminah, 54, the woman who was killed when she was hit by an iron bar from the Pasar Rumput low-cost apartment project in South Jakarta, has expressed disgust over a video of the accident that had gone viral.
Muhammad Yoga said he deplored that the image of his mother was not blurred in the video that captured the accident on Sunday.
"Why didn't they blur it? It is pity that our family should see it. I could see my mother in the video," Yoga said on Tuesday as quoted by kompas.com. Yoga said he could not bear to watch the rest of the video.
He added that the residents of the area had recorded the video as evidence.
"The residents have often witnessed accidents at the construction site, but they never took videos [before]. Therefore, they recorded the accident this time to use it as evidence," Yoga said.
The Rusunawa low-cost apartment project, developed by state-owned construction firm PT Waskita Karya, has been halted as investigation continues into the accident.
Waskita has apologized for the accident. (cal)
