Pihak Nagari (Desa) Sungai Abu, Kecamatan Hiliran Gumanti, Kabupaten Solok, Sumatera Barat mengaku tidak mengetahui adanya aktivitas tambang emas di nagari (desa) yang ia pimpin.
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00:00The chief of the Sungai Abu Village of Hiliran Kumanti District, Sumatra Barat, confirmed that there were 22 miners who were suspected of being victims of illegal mining on Thursday, September 26.
00:18The chief of the Sungai Abu Village of Hiliran Kumanti District, Padri Wanto, on Saturday, September 28, was in shock.
00:26Of the 22 victims, 11 were declared dead, 8 were seriously injured, and 3 were lightly injured.
00:33Padri said that the condition of the area that could not be accessed by a four-wheel or two-wheel vehicle was the main obstacle to the evacuation process of the victims by the community, volunteers, and the mining team.
00:45When confirmed near the location of the illegal gold mining incident or not, Padri said he did not know about the activity of gold mining in the city or village he led.
00:56The location of the incident is in Rimbu, Bukit, Akok, and maybe it was about half a day's journey.
01:05Footprint?
01:07Footprint, there is no footprint.
01:09But is this the first time this has happened or has it happened before, sir?
01:13Yes, as far as we know, this is the first time, sir.
01:16But just to make sure, sir, the information that was released until Jakarta, there was illegal mining activity.
01:22Well, did the city receive such information, sir?
01:25Actually, it was outside our knowledge, sir. We didn't know there was such an activity, sir.
01:32One of the victims' relatives, Hassan Pasrial, recently admitted to receiving the news of the incident on Friday, September 27, and immediately headed to the final point of the evacuation of the victims.
01:43When I received the news, it was around 11 o'clock, sir.
01:4611 o'clock, sir?
01:4711 o'clock in the afternoon.
01:48Who reported it to you, sir?
01:49The one who reported it was someone here, sir.
01:51Someone over there has a house here.
01:55His wife and children are looking for gold over there.
01:59So he told his mother.
02:02How long has the victim been working here, sir?
02:05Well, if I told his mother, it was about 10 days.
02:0810 days.
02:09Does he look for gold every day or what, sir?
02:12He looks for gold every day, sir.
02:16There were 11 victims who passed away.
02:18Sat, 35 years old.
02:20Desri Wandi, 48 years old.
02:22Doris, 30 years old.
02:23Yedriman, 44 years old.
02:25Yusriza, 44 years old.
02:27Ilham, 25 years old.
02:29Zil, 31 years old.
02:30Indra, 18 years old.
02:32Ambra, 29 years old.
02:33Don and Sakir.
02:35From Solok, West Sumatera.
02:37Fandi Yogari, Antara News Agency, reporting.
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