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Authority has yet to find oil spill culprit on Pari Island Beach
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Thousand Islands Environment Agency workers clean up Pari Island Beach on April 8 following an oil spill. (Via kompas.com/Suku Dinas Lingkungan Hidup Kepulauan Seribu)
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he Jakarta Environment Agency has yet to find the culprit of an oil spill that contaminated Pari Island Beach in Thousand Islands regency on Sunday despite the fact that such an occurrence reportedly happens regularly.
“We haven’t found [the culprit] yet,” the agency’s head, Isnawa Adji, told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
Isnawa said the oil might have come from a vessel that had dumped waste into the sea.
The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) had called the city administration on Sunday morning to investigate the oil spill, saying such incidents happened up to three times a year in Thousand Islands waters.
Thousand Islands Environment Agency head Yusen Hardiman said his side had cleaned up the oil spill.
"I just got back from the beach. The cleaning is finished," Yusen stated on Tuesday.
He added that the oil had contaminated a 10-meter area. (wnd)
