The Ministry of Social Affairs Provides LDP to Families of KRI Nanggala 402 Victims in Siak Regency, Riau
SIAK
(26 April 2021) - Children's Center "Rumbai" in Pekanbaru which
is the Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) of the Ministry of Social Affairs
provides Psychosocial Support Services (LDP) in the form of family strengthening,
support, and motivation to one of the families of the victims of the sinking of
KRI Nanggala 402 in Siak Regency, Riau Province.
As directed by the
Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini, that the Ministry of Social
Affairs will deploy a team to provide psychosocial support to the families of
the KRI Nanggala 402 crew who have lost contact in the waters North of Bali
since April 21, 2021, at 03.00 local time.
The Head of Center, Ahmad
Subarkah, and the LDP team of the "Rumbai" Children's Center in
Pekanbaru, which consists of 2 social workers representing the Minister of
Social Affairs, Monday morning (26/4) go to Siak, Riau Province to visit the
family of Marno, the father of Sergeant Bah Yoto Eki Setiawan, who is one of
the Indonesian Navy Soldiers who are crew members of the KRI Nanggala-402
Submarine. Accompanied by members of Commission II DPRD Siak Regency, Rakip,
and the Head of Jati Baru Village, Bunga Raya District, the Team headed to the
residence of Sergeant Bah Yoto Eki Setiawan, the first son of Kris Handoko
alias Marno Kumis and Rusini, a resident of RT 02 RW 08 Dusun Srimersing,
Kampung Jatibaru, Bungaraya District, Siak Regency, Riau.
Sergeant Eki has served
with the Navy Soldiers for 6 years and just got married in 2020. The deceased
left a wife, Mita Sofia Kurniaviratama, who was pregnant in East Java. It has
been a long time since Sergeant Eki lived with his father in Siak. Since his
parents divorced, Sergeant Eki and his mother lived in East Java. The news of
the sinking of the Nanggala-402 Submarine made his father, Marno, feel deep
sadness and loss.
Responding to this, Marno
hopes that he will be able to fly to East Java and meet his family there.
"But not for now, I have a plan, but maybe later. For now, I still can't,"
Marno said to the team.