South Kalimantan Police Urge Virgo Transport 8 Families to Submit Missing Victim Data
South Kalimantan Police urge Virgo Transport 8 families to submit antemortem data as 126 people remain missing after the vessel sank.
Indonesia's South Kalimantan Regional Police Disaster Victim Identification team is urging the families of victims from the KM Virgo Transport 8 ship accident to submit missing victim data, according to a report by TEMPO.CO. Dr. Supriadi, a member of the team, announced the request at Trisakti Port in Banjarmasin on Saturday night.
The team has already received over 100 sets of antemortem data from families, collected at the port and through antemortem posts at various hospitals. Those who have not yet provided information on missing relatives or victims are encouraged to submit their data immediately at the Antemortem Posts at Trisakti Port and Bhayangkara Hospital Banjarmasin.
The South Kalimantan Police DVI team identified three deceased victims on Saturday, making it the seventh day of the Search and Rescue operation. As of Saturday night at 9:00 PM Central Indonesian Time, a total of 117 victims were found, including 108 survivors and nine deceased individuals. Of the 243 people listed on the KM Virgo Transport 8 manifest, 126 remain missing.
The vessel, carrying 243 people, departed from Surabaya, East Java, on September 12, 2026, and was found capsized in the Java Sea waters of Masalembo on September 13, 2026.
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