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Bekasi couple dies from bootleg liquor
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Tangerang City Police in Banten show confiscated alcoholic drinks after raiding jamu (herbal drink) stalls suspected of selling bootleg liquor on April 4. (kompas.com/ Sherly Puspita)
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ight people have died after drinking bootleg liquor made of ginseng in Bekasi city, West Java, including a couple, Anisa Adila Fitri, 21, and Adiansyah, 22, both residents of Jakasetia, South Bekasi.
Anisa, a widow with one child, and Adiansyah reportedly drank the bootleg liquor at Bernik Adenan’s residence in Kampung Utan, Jakasetia, South Bekasi, on the evening of April 1. Bernik, 22, also died from drinking the bootleg liquor.
Anisa’s father, Nur Ali, said his daughter was still healthy the following morning, and could even ride a motorcycle.
“At night, she started to feel dizzy and nauseous, and wanted to be taken to a hospital,” Nur Ali said on Sunday as reported by tempo.co.
He said Anisa passed out after arriving at the hospital and died not long after receiving care.
South Bekasi Police chief, Comr. Hersiantony, said five people had died in South Bekasi because of bootleg liquor: Anisa Adila Fitri, Adiansyah, Bernik Adenan, Supriyo and an unidentified friend of Supriyo.
Three people from Pondok Gede district, Bekasi, have also died of bootleg liquor, adding up to a total of eight people who have died from drinking bootleg liquor in Bekasi.
The police have also raided a jamu (herbal medicine) shop in Surya Mandala housing complex in Bekasi after the shop closed down.
