Balikpapan. East Kalimantan Police named one suspect in the collapse of a three-story shophouse, or ruko, that claimed the lives of 12 people in Samarinda city on June 5.
“After being questioned today, we have named one suspect, identified as N [Nanang Ismail], who is a Samarinda resident,” East Kalimantan Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Fajar Setiawan said on Monday. “But the suspect has not been taken into detention.”
Nanang, a contractor of the Cendrawasih Permai shophouse, is charged with articles 359 and 360 of the criminal code for fatal negligence.
Fajar said the decision to name Nanang a suspect was made after questioning 12 witnesses and after studying construction documents of the building. The police were also advised by a local construction consultant agency, which concluded that the collpase had been caused by flaws in the construction process.
“When we receive [other] reports from the expert from the East Kalimantan Public Work Agency and the forensic laboratory center in Surabaya, the suspect might also be charged with the construction law,” Fajar said.
Samarinda police are also set to question Joni Tanjung, director of Surabaya-based Firma Abadi, a company alleged to have subcontracted the work to Nanang.
By Tunggadewa Mattangkilang on 06:41 pm Jun 16, 2014
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