S. Koreans named suspects in overpass collapse<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta police have named two
\nexecutives of the South Korean Hanbo General Contractors as the
\nresponsible parties in the recent collapse of the Grogol overpass
\nwhich killed three workers and injured 18 others.<\/p>\n
The two are Kim Hyun Woo and Lee Byung Woo, the general
\nsuperintendent of the company and the construction manager of the
\nproject respectively, City Police spokesman Lt. Col. Iman
\nHaryatna said yesterday.<\/p>\n
"They are believed to be the men most responsible for the
\ncollapse of the overpass on March 22. It was because of their
\nnegligence that the accident occurred," he said.<\/p>\n
Iman said the police reached their conclusion after repeatedly
\ninterrogating Kim and Lee and questioning 22 witnesses, including
\ninjured workers, security officers and local executives of the
\nproject.<\/p>\n
If found guilty, the two will face a maximum prison term of
\nfive years as stipulated in article 359 of the Criminal Code,
\nIman said.<\/p>\n
The two, whose citizenships and ages are still being withheld
\nby the police, have not been arrested yet.<\/p>\n
"According to our existing law, it is not a must for police to
\narrest them and there is no necessity for them to provide bail,"
\nIman said.<\/p>\n
Passports<\/p>\n
The officer said the local police have taken the passports of
\nthe two men.<\/p>\n
"We guarantee that they won't be able to escape from this
\ncountry and we have asked the Jakarta Police to prohibit them
\nfrom leaving the city," West Jakarta Police Precinct Chief Lt.
\nCol. Hari Pribadi told The Jakarta Post yesterday.<\/p>\n
The accident on the Grogol loop ramp project, occurred at
\naround 8 a.m. on March 22 when a 30-meter, 500-ton section caved
\nin and collapsed.<\/p>\n
A team from the Ministry of Public Works which was assigned to
\ndetermine the cause of the accident has yet to publish its
\nfindings.<\/p>\n
However, many believe that the workers were assigned by their
\nsupervisor to remove the stagers supporting the loop ramp several
\ndays before the recommended date.<\/p>\n
Officer Hari refused to explain which one the two contractor's
\nexecutives had assigned the workers to remove the stagers.<\/p>\n
"All I can say is that these two men are the parties
\nresponsible for the project," he said.<\/p>\n
The project's contractors are Hanbo General Contractors and
\nthe Indonesian PT Bumi Karsa, along with other consultants,
\nincluding Japan-based PCI & Yec and the Indonesian PT Bandung
\nIndustrial Engineering Consultants (BIEC).<\/p>\n
A few days after the accident, President Soeharto urged
\neveryone to learn from the collapse of the overpass to avoid
\nfurther acts of negligence. (bsr)<\/p>",
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