{
  "id": 5474308,
  "title": "Sunken graves: In Indramayu, even death has lost its space",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/sunken-graves-in-indramayu-even-death-has-lost-its-space",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T02:22:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Jakarta Post",
    "slug": "the-jakarta-post",
    "url": "https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/09/04/sunken-graves-in-indramayu-even-death-has-lost-its-space.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the village of Eretan Wetan, located in West Java’s Kandanghaur district, the once-visible cemetery has been swallowed by tidal flooding, leaving the residents grappling with the inability to live and die with dignity. The 2-hectare public cemetery, now submerged, has only the tips of gravestones visible, with some stones leaning sideways and others disappearing entirely. Tall weeds obscure the boundaries between roads, land, and graves, and brackish puddles fill several areas, scattered with piles of trash. A villager who died on December 2025 was preparing to be buried, but faced the challenge of carrying the coffin through floodwater, digging a grave that would be inundated again, and burying the body in waterlogged soil. Simin, a 40-year-old resident living about 30 meters from the cemetery, walks across small wooden logs to reach his house, a daily struggle that is particularly difficult for the elderly, children, pregnant women, and people with disabilities. There is no alternative route unless they swim. The frustration and exhaustion that led to protests in Jakarta have not dissipated, evolving into resignation, distrust, and a lingering sense of unchanged circumstances.",
  "summary": "Tidal flooding has swallowed homes, livelihoods and parts of Eretan Wetan’s cemetery, leaving residents struggling to live, and die, with dignity.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}