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Bandung’s bootleg liquor deaths reach 26 over weekend
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Police officers take a jerry can containing materials used to make ‘oplosan’ (bootleg liquor), in a raid in Cicalengka, Bandung regency, West Java, on April 8. (Antara/Raisan Al Farisi)
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icalengka Regional Hospital director, Yani Sumpena, said the death toll of a recent bootleg liquor case had reached 20 in his hospital alone. One died en route to the hospital while 19 died in the hospital.
The 20 deaths added to the death toll in two other cases in Bandung, which each recorded three fatalities. The total deaths over the weekend reached 26.
The cause of their death was intoxication leading to internal organ failure, Yani said.
The hospital, as of Monday, was treating 15 people. Seven of them were in the emergency unit.
Cicalengka hospital treated patients of another bootleg liquor case in 2015. From 12 patients, six died.
In Majalaya Regional Hospital, three bootleg liquor patients had died as of Monday. The hospital's director, Grace Mediana, said they had received six patients. “Three have died,” said Grace.
Bandung Police chief, Sr. Comr. Hendro Pranowo, said they had arrested one bootleg liquor maker in Buah Batu district in Bandung. They confiscated dozens of plastic bottles containing clear yellow liquid. (evi)
