Ari’s family, ABK whose body was Dilarung, called for the Long Xing ship case to be fully investigated.

KAYUAGUNG, KOMPAS.com – The family of Ari (25), one of the crew (ABK) of the Chinese ship Long Xing 629 whose body was banned at sea, requested that the case of their son be fully investigated.

Ari is a resident of Serdang Menang Village, Sirah Pulau Padang District, Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI), South Sumatra. He is a neighbor of the village with Sepri, another OIC resident whose body was also banned at sea by the ship where they worked.

Ari himself has only worked on Long Xing 629 for 14 months.

According to the family, they demanded that the death of their son be investigated thoroughly immediately. Also, the ban on Ari’s body without the consent of the family.

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Good news by phone from Jakarta

Juriah, Ari’s father, who lived in the Serdang Menang village, Sirah sub-district, Padang Island, OKI, claimed to know that his son died after being called by someone who claimed to be Ari’s boss in Jakarta.

In the call, the person asked Juriah to go to Jakarta.

“The second is asking for an account with me, in the end three days later he sent me to Jakarta, (apparently) my son died,” Juriah said.

Juriah explained that his son Ari, who is currently 25 years old, had been working on the ship for 14 months.

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Recruited runners

Ari worked abroad as a migrant worker after being invited by a man from his village who lived in Java.

That person came to his village to look for people who wanted to work on ships abroad.

“At that time there were six people willing to accept the offer, one of them is Ari and his close friend Jefri,” said Juriah.

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