REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The House of Representatives' Commission V visited the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) in Kemayoran, Jakarta, to support the evacuation of the cadavers of the victims from AirAsia flight QZ8501.
"We just want to lend support to them," remarked Deputy Chairman of Commission V Michael Wattimena.
He said that during the visit, no special meeting was scheduled with the Basarnas.
Based on his statement, as many as 10 members of Commission V visited the Basarnas including representatives of the chairman and deputy of the commission.
The two parties conducted a closed-door meeting.
The Commission V planned to form a working committee to gather information related to the AirAsia QZ8501 crash.
Earlier, Indonesian Police Chief General Sutarman had ensured that all retrieved bodies of the AirAsia flight QZ8501 crash's victims will be identified and returned to their families.
"Please understand, irrespective of the condition in which the bodies are recovered, they will be identified, but give the police time to work," General Sutarman stated here on Monday.
Police Chief General Sutarman visited the crisis center at the East Java Police headquarters in Surabaya, East Java, to meet and offer his condolences to the families of AirAsia flight QZ8501 crash's victims.
Sutarman said the identification process depends on the condition of each cadaver. He pointed out that if the fingerprints are still intact, then it will take just minutes to find his/her identity.
"Moreover, if his/her antemortem data is complete and is also stored in the electronic identity card's website, then it only takes minutes to find it out," he explained.
With regard to the bodies not found in a good condition or whose skeletal remains are recovered, the police will need some additional time to identify them.
"We always demand it to be quick, quick, and quick. We are the police, especially the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team, certainly work maximally to identify the bodies as soon as possible and then return them to the families," Sutarman remarked.
The police have currently deployed 260 forensic doctors, who are also being assisted by some foreign experts during the identification process.
On Sunday (Jan. 4), the DVI team at the Bhayangkara Hospital in Surabaya identified three more cadavers, thereby increasing the total count of identified bodies to 12.
Nine bodies of the AirAsia crash victims, comprising five women and four men, have been returned to their families.
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