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        "msgid": "police-name-three-more-suspects-in-km-virgo-8-accident-case-1791450036",
        "date": "2026-10-08 14:18:27",
        "title": "Police Name Three More Suspects in KM Virgo 8 Accident Case",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Police have named three employees of PT Virgo Karya Shipping as additional suspects over the fatal sinking of the KM Virgo Transport 8, citing suspected negligence and possible complicity. They have been detained for 20 days as investigators examine whether the company bears responsibility; the disaster has left 80 people dead and 55 missing.",
        "content": "<p>Police have named three more suspects in the fatal accident involving\nthe KM Virgo Transport 8, which capsized and sank in the waters off\nMasalembo in the Java Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Brigadier-General Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko, head of the Public\nInformation Bureau at the National Police\u2019s Public Relations Division,\nsaid the three suspects were employees of PT Virgo Karya Shipping, the\ncompany that operates and owns the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>He identified them as LBA, an agent for PT Virgo Karya Shipping; RH,\nthe company\u2019s operations manager; and YR, general manager of its\nSurabaya branch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects were named following the investigation and the\nconstruction of the case, which identified suspected negligence,\ncomplicity or assistance related to the ship accident,\u201d he said in a\nwritten statement on Thursday (8 October).<\/p>\n<p>Trunoyudo said all three had been detained since Monday (4 October)\nat the South Kalimantan Regional Police detention centre for the next 20\ndays.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the investigation was not limited to the captain or\noperational staff. Trunoyudo said the company would also face action if\nevidence of negligence were found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investigation is not directed only at those directly operating\nthe vessel, but is also examining the involvement of the company if the\nevidence indicates complicity or assistance in the accident,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the suspects face charges under Article 302(3) of Law\nNo.\u00a017\/2008 on Shipping and Article 474(3) of the Criminal Code, as well\nas provisions on complicity and assistance under Articles 20 and 21 of\nLaw No.\u00a01\/2023 on the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the National Police\u2019s Security Maintenance Agency formally\nnamed the captain of the KM Virgo Transport 8 as a suspect after the\nvessel capsized and sank off Masalembo in the Java Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Commissioner Kukuh Prabowo, head of the law enforcement\nsub-directorate of the agency\u2019s Water Police Directorate, said the\ncaptain was named as a suspect after the case was transferred from the\nSouth Kalimantan Regional Police.<\/p>\n<p>The KM Virgo Transport 8 was reported to have lost contact in the\nJava Sea at 2am Central Indonesia Time on Sunday (13 September), while\ntravelling from Surabaya to Banjarmasin. It had departed on Saturday (12\nSeptember).<\/p>\n<p>The ship reportedly encountered bad weather and lost contact at about\n2am on 13 September 2026. It was found later that day, capsized in the\nwaters off Masalembo.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 188 victims have so far been found: 108 survived and 80\ndied. Another 55 people remain missing, and search efforts are\ncontinuing.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-name-three-more-suspects-in-km-virgo-8-accident-case-1791450036",
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