Mother-in-law Weeps as Son-in-law Goes Missing Following Bantargebang Landfill Collapse: His Bag Found, But Not Him

BEKASI — Fatimah, 61, sat pensively at the Missing Persons Report Centre at the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Facility (TPST) in Bekasi City on Monday, 9 March 2026.

Occasionally, she wiped away tears that trickled slowly down her cheeks. The elderly woman waited anxiously, hoping her son-in-law, Riki Supiadi, 40, who worked as a truck driver at TPST Bantargebang, could soon be found following a landslide that occurred in the area on Sunday, 8 March 2026 in the afternoon.

“He is a driver here. His vehicle has been found, his bag is here too, his money is there, but he is not,” Fatimah said in a hushed voice on Monday.

According to Fatimah, Riki left for work at TPST Bantargebang on Saturday, 7 March 2026. Since then, his whereabouts have been unknown.

Fatimah said she only learned of the landslide that evening through messages and telephone calls from family members.

Upon hearing the news, Fatimah immediately left her home in Bogor for Bantargebang without much deliberation.

“‘Mother, Buyung has been caught in a landslide,’ they said. When I heard that, I was shocked and immediately came here. At first, the children and grandchildren wanted to come along. Because some of them work and go to school, I told them to go back,” she explained.

At that moment, Riki called her only to provide his new telephone number.

Meanwhile, Riki’s last communication with his wife occurred before he left for work on Saturday.

In fact, shortly after arriving at his workplace, he had made a video call.

“On Saturday when he arrived here, he video called,” Fatimah said.

Within his family circle, Riki was affectionately known as Buyung. He had worked as a truck driver in the TPST Bantargebang area since he was unmarried.