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Four people named suspects in fatal wall collapse
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awah Besar Police in Central Jakarta have named four suspects in a case of alleged negligence in a school-renovation project that caused a wall in state elementary school SD 11 in Sawah Besar, Pasar Baru to collapse claiming one life.
“We have questioned eight witnesses and named four suspects in the investigation of the case,” Sawah Besar Police chief Comr. Mirzal Maulana said on Monday as reported by kompas.com.
The four suspects are the operator of heavy equipment identified only as AK, the project supervisor AM, and workers SI and FS.
The owner of a food stall next to the school, identified only as LN, 59, died after a wall the construction workers were demolishing collapsed onto her food stall. Besides killing LN, two people inside the food stall were also injured in the incident.
The workers allegedly did not inform LN before tearing down the wall. Moreover, the construction work was undertaken without a letter of authority or coordination with local residents, Mirzal claimed.
“So they tore down the walls without making any confirmation or providing information related to the activity,” he added.
The suspects will be charged under Article 359 of the Criminal Code on negligence causing death, with a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment.
