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DVI team stops identification of bodies of plane crash victims

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MEDAN -- The Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Team of the National Police, on Saturday, decided to stop the identification of bodies of passengers killed in the Hercules C-130 plane crash in Medan.As many as 30 victims of the crash on Tuesday, June 30, have yet to be identified."The study of ante-mortem data and bodies will not be continued...

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Legislator: Govt must stop accepting grants for military weaponry

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Lawmaker Supiadin has urged the government to stop accepting grants for the primary weaponry defense system (Alutsista) of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI).The statement was made following the crash of the Indonesian Air Force's Hercules C-130 airplane that killed more than 140 people in Medan, North Sumatra, Tuesday (June 30)."The Hercules plane crash in Medan is...