It is suspected that a gang of steel rig thieves from Gresik City carrying two boats with 16 personnel were crushed by the Hull Rig, a former drilling rig belonging to Kodeco Energy Co. Ltd (KE#2) originating from South Korea, which is located in Klampis waters, Madura, East Java. This rig has not been operating since 2006, because it has been operating for 26 years since 1980, and now has no economic value because oil and gas reserves have run out in that well, and the 2nd Taurus Rig is only used as a lighthouse to guide fishermen go to and from the sea looking for fish around the Java Sea. After 2011, this drilling area became a concession for PT Pertamina Hulu Energi West Madura Offshore (PHE-WMO) which is now included in the Pertamina Zone-11 area.
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Pertamina Hulu Energi WMO is a subsidiary of PT. PHE has activities in the fields of exploration and production carried out in the western offshore area of Madura. PHE WMO takes over the operations of Kodeco Energy Co's oil and gas fields. Ltd, from South Korea since 11 May 2011 after the block concession was previously owned by Kodeco Energy Co. Ltd, from South Korea. PHE WMO is a subsidiary of PT. Pertamina Hulu Energi which was formed specifically to manage the oil and gas fields off the west coast of Madura.
Before the iron rig thief tragedy occurred, a local security guard who guarded the rig for a Community-Based Security member of PT Pertamina Hulu Energi West Madura Offshore, said that he saw 2 suspect fishermen from Gresik on Saturday, June 8, 2024, afternoon. 17.00 PM, so the sun has not yet set.
It is suspected that the two masterminds of this biggest theft, were already on the rig, pacing back and forth monitoring the situation on the Taurus Rig belonging to Kodeco Energy (KE-2). Meanwhile, 2 other suspect were waiting on the boat.
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Some of the fishermen had actually been warned not to approach Rig Taurus KE#2, namely on May 29, 2024, even though their homes in the Gresik City area in Kroman village were around 50 nautical miles from where the Rig Taurus was located. The Taurus Rig is a National Vital Object, where at a distance of 500 meters from the Rig no fishermen are allowed to fishing, because it is very dangerous.
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After the four suspected suspects disembarked after surveying the rig they were going to steal, local beach security officers took this suspected gang of thieves to the Sepulu Sub-District police sector for questioning. This is because the rig is a vital national object.
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After an inspection at the police station, they promised not to ride on the Taurus rig again. The agreement is stamped, so it has legal force if it is violated again. And they were not arrested, because no iron rig was stolen.
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If detention is carried out, the costs of detention are very large, because the state will bear the costs of a suspect amounting to 50 million per year per person for food and drink, water, electricity, etc, And suspects who are already professionals can buy a judge to lighten their sentence, as happened in Surabaya, an judge just released a suspect from abuse that resulted in a woman dying without being released from prison because there was a deal that the public didn't know about, because several regional judges in Indonesia easy to buy, unlike in Japan, a judge cannot be bought.
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During the examination process, the four suspects made false statements claiming to be Bangkalan residents, but they did not carry Indonesian National Identity Cards. After being pressed to convey the true purpose of why they were on the Taurus Rig, they finally admitted to being residents of Gresik Regency which is about 50 nautical miles from Bangkalan Regency.
Because there was no evidence of the iron rig being taken in the sea area when June 8, 2024, fell under the legal authority of the Water Police Unit, the four people were then released after promising not to repeat their actions when they boarded the Taurus Rig. It turns out they reneged on the deal.
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Not only that once did they break that promise, before Saturday, June 8, 2024, security caught the same fishermen approaching the rig and pacing around the rig to re-survey and plan a safe escape route from the pursuit of the local coast guard.
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But on Monday, June 10, 2024, Monday afternoon at 17:00 PM, they left again bringing 2 boats complete with welding and iron cutting equipment, 50 kg oxygen cylinders, along with more personnel, namely 16 people, and arrived at the Taurus Rig around 01:00. AM WIB.
Then they carried out their action of cutting the rig's very valuable iron until Tuesday, June 11, 2024, until 23:00 PM, they didn't realize that they had cut all 3 of the rig's leg locks so that in a split second, on a cold, dark night pitch black, the Hull rig fell down onto 2 boats that were standing by under the rig which held the rig iron which had been cut into pieces.
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Meanwhile, the 8 suspects who were on the rig to unload the stolen iron survived, because they were not crushed by the Hull Rig, they only fell into the sea but did not drown, because they could all swim.
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As a result, these 2 boats sank into the sea along with their iron cargo and the 8 suspects disappeared in a very dark night after a split second the Hull Rig collapsed into the seabed killing 8 suspects, while the 8 suspects who were on the Rig were able to save themselves and swam to the shore.
The distance from the beach was about 2 km, they contacted the team that was already on standby on land, and did not ask for help from local residents, because it could raise suspicion, so that as soon as possible they could return to their home area which was very far away and take their injured colleague to the hospital in Surabaya, even though they could take their colleague to a Syam Rato Ebu Hospital in Bangkalan which is 32 KM closer, they still took their injured colleague to a hospital in the Surabaya area which is 60 km away from the tragedy area, so as not to be suspected by local police officers. Until now, 1 fisherman victim was found dead, while the bodies of 7 other suspects were still missing under the rubble of the hull rig and are unknown until now.
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