Man drowns in North Jakarta

Man drowns in North Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): A man who was missing and presumed drowned,
after falling into the Jakarta North Sea three days ago, was
found dead yesterday, relatives said.

Imam Hartono, 27, a resident of Komplek PJKA, North Jakarta,
fell into the sea while scavenging among piles of iron junk at
Tanjung Priok port.

His uncle, Subagyono, said that Imam was a former security
guard at Artha Prima Bank in Sunter. He was laid off two months
ago.

Imam, the father of a three-year-old daughter, was trying to
earn money by collecting iron junk, he said. Imam went to PT
Hutama Karya's store to scavenge in Tanjung Priok.

But Imam slipped and fell into the sea and was buried under a
pile of iron junk when he attempted to save himself by holding
onto one of the iron rods, Subagyono quoted witnesses as saying.

"The accident happened so fast and the people nearby thought,
at that moment, that Imam could save himself."

An employee of PT Hutama Karya reported the case to the harbor
police after Imam failed to resurface.

A search and rescue operation failed to locate Imam's body and
the search was called off later that night, Subagyono said.

Imam's body was spotted by a motorbike rider early yesterday.

A rescue team pulled the body from the water and it was
transported to the Cipto Mangunkusumo general hospital morgue for
a postmortem examination. (04)