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Two workers named suspects in Pasar Rumput fatal accident
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Motorcyclists pass the Pasar Rumput low-cost apartment construction site in South Jakarta on March 21. A middle-aged woman was killed at the site on Sunday after an iron bar fell and struck her on the head. (Antara/Dhemas Reviyanto)
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wo workers at the Pasar Rumput low-cost apartment (Rusunawa) construction site have been named suspects in a fatal incident for working before the late arrival of their supervisor.
An iron bar fell at the site on March 18, hitting and killing a middle-aged woman named Tarminah who was walking by the site.
South Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Indra Jafar announced on Monday that the two workers were not compliant with the project's standard operating procedures (SOP).
"They were not working based on the SOP and were not seeking help from others," Indra said as quoted by kompas.com, explaining that the two had begun working before the arrival of their supervisor.
"They shouldn't have started working without their supervisor," Indra said.
The suspects are being charged with negligence that resulted in death but they have yet to be detained as the police are still investigating the case. The two, however, have been laid off from their job.
Tarminah, 54, was killed as she was struck in the head by an iron bar that fell from the unfinished apartment building. (fac)
