Social Services: Two victims of KM Virgo returned to Garut

The Garut Regency Social Services (Dinsos) in West Java announced that the bodies of two victims from the KM Virgo Transport 8 incident in the Java Sea were returned to their families in Situsaeur Village, Garut, on Wednesday.

The Head of Garut Social Services, Marlinda Siti Hana, confirmed that two Garut residents passed away in the KM Virgo incident, identified as Erick Maisul Latif (37) and Risyan Kurnia Putra (28).

“They were scheduled to be returned to their families on Wednesday, 16 September 202<0xA0>26,” said Marlinda.

She added that the two bodies from Garut were still in transit on Wednesday afternoon and were expected to arrive in the Karangpawitan area of Garut at approximately 16:00 WIB.

During the KM Virgo accident in the Java Sea in the early hours of Sunday (13/9), there were 23 residents from Garut Regency involved; two individuals died, 12 survived, and others remain missing.

The Garut Regency Government, alongside the Garut Police, has established an Information Post for the KM Virgo accident in Kampung Panyingkiran, Situsaeur Village, to assist families in obtaining information.

The West Java Regional Police Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team has also collected DNA samples from the victims’ families in Garut to facilitate the identification process of the KM Virgo victims.