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An activist holds a poster showing Muhammad Farhan Hamid, a protester who went missing during a string of anti-government protests in Jakarta in late August, during a vigil on Sept. 30 in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta, to commemorate the August protests which led to the death of at least 10 people. (Antara/Fauzan)
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he police are investigating the identities of charred human remains found inside a building in Kwitang, Central Jakarta that was damaged in a fire during the late-August demonstrations, amid questions over whether the remains of two bodies may belong to two protesters still reported missing.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Central Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Susatyo Purnomo Condro said that the body was first discovered on Thursday by technicians hired by the building’s owner, auto financing company Astra Credit Companies (ACC).
The building is located across from the Jakarta Police’s Mobile Brigade (Brimob) headquarters, where hundreds of people gathered on Aug. 29 to protest the death of online motorcycle transportation (ojol) driver Affan Kurniawan who was run over by a Brimob armored vehicle the previous night.
The demonstration that day turned violent, with several buildings, including the ACC property, set ablaze by protesters.
“We received a report on Thursday from the building’s technical team, which was there to inspect the structure as part of a plan to renovate the building after the fire,” Susatyo said, as quoted by Antara.
“When our officers went to the scene, they found two charred human skeletons that could no longer be identified,” he added. “From the crime scene examination, the bodies were found buried beneath the collapsed, fire-damaged ceiling.”
Police transported the bodies to the National Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta for examination, including investigating the possibility that the remains belonged to Muhammad Farhan Hamid and Reno Syachputra Dewo – two men in their early 20s who were reported missing after the Aug. 29 protest in Kwitang.
