Criminal Element Alleged as Prison Fire Investigation Continues

The office of the Indonesian Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (INAFIs) and the National Police Forensic Laboratory Center are still examining a number of findings from Block C2.

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Press conference on the Tangerang Class I prison fire at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta, Thursday (9/9/2021).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The Jakarta Police suspect a criminal element in the fire that raged in Block C2 of the Tangerang Penitentiary in Banten after gathering information from as many as 22 witnesses.

The witnesses included security guards on duty during the fire, a number of inmates and nearby residents who saw the fire.