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 Head of Center for Data Information and Public Relations of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said at 1 p.m. local time, death toll from the tsunami in Sunda Strait reached 430.

"A total of 430 people died, and the number could continue to climb, as the SAR team had been focusing on its operations in the south, specifically in the sub-district of Sumur. At the moment, the worst impact is still felt in Pandeglang," Sutopo noted at a press conference at BNPB in Jakarta on Wednesday.

The agency also noted that until the fourth day after the Sunda Strait tsunami, 1,495 people were injured, 159 people were missing, and 21,991 people were displaced due to the disaster that struck on Saturday night (Dec 22).

The tsunami that hit at around 9:30 p.m. local time affected five districts, including Pandeglang and Serang in Banten Province as well as South Lampung, Pesawaran, and Tanggamus in Lampung Province. Of the five districts, the worst impact was felt by Pandeglang district, with 290 people dead, 1,143 people injured, 77 people missing, and 17,477 people displaced.

In South Lampung district, 113 people died, 289 were injured, 14 missing, and 4,200 individuals were displaced.

In Serang, 25 people died, 62 were injured, 68 were missing, and 83 were displaced, while in Pesawaran, there was one fatality, one was injured, and 231 were displaced, whereas one person died in Tanggamus.

Hence, the emergency response period is being applied for 14 days for Pandeglang District, from December 22, 2018, to January 4, 2019, while in South Lampung, the emergency response period is applicable for seven days, on Dec 23-29.

"There is a possibility of the period being extended, depending on how the situation develops on the field. Recommendations are being gathered from the BMKG and PVMBG, while local governments are in charge of evacuation processes and the BNPB, ministries, Police, and Army will support and strengthen the evacuation measures," he revealed.

The possibility of the period being extended later will be adjusted according to the on-field conditions. Recommendations can be obtained from BMKG and PVMBG, while the regional government will have authority in the evacuation process, while BNPB, ministries and institutions, TNI/Police, and others will strengthen evacuation operations," he added.(ant)

Update from Sunda Straits Tsunami. Source BNPB, dated 25 December 2018. 13:00 JKT. We will update this up to the newest data from National Disaster Management Agency ( BNPB ). 

 
Four months ahead of the 2019 General Election (elections) the frenzy of democratic parties that lasted once in five years was increasingly felt. There are several problems that arise, starting from the problem of the rights of persons with mental disabilities in the General Election, the discovery of the Electronic Population Identity Card (e-KTP) is damaged and scattered, to the quality of the ballot boxes.
The invasion of electronic KTP was invalid (broken) and scattered, making some parties, especially those who have interests in the upcoming 2019 elections, worried about fraud. For this reason, Interior Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has instructed his ranks to assign the Population and Civil Registration Service to carry out extermination.
In addition to the KTP problem, there is now a problem with the quality of the ballot box. A number of politicians in the House of Representatives Senayan again fussed about the potential for fraud when the vote was held.
This time the trigger was the decision of the General Election Commission (KPU) to use a waterproof or cardboard cardboard ballot box which is also popular as a cardboard ballot box. There are a number of parties who question the use of ballot boxes made from soft materials rather than aluminum, because they are prone to damage or damage to the purpose of fraud.
In Article 341 of the Election Law which is an agreement of a political party in the rRkyat Representative Council (DPR) it is stated that the ballot box must be transparent and the ballots in it can be seen. Actually it is on this basis that the KPU procures again to replace the old ballot box made of aluminum.
Sound boxes made from cardboard are actually not new. This type has been used in a number of polling stations in the 2014 election and in three simultaneous regional elections that have been held, namely 2015, 2017 and 2018.
The use of cardboard ballot boxes in the elections to be held on April 17, 2019 departs from the spirit of budget efficiency. This is done because there has been an increase in the number of polling stations almost doubling in the upcoming elections.
The potential for fraud in the election, both at the time of voting, when distributing ballots and when recapitulation of votes, is indeed worth watching out together. However, it does not mean that any election management policy must be suspected. Cheating can occur not because the ballot box is made of what material, but because of weak supervision.
To reduce this frenzy, the General Election Commission and the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) must truly ensure the voting process at the polling stations, the distribution of voting conditions until the recapitulation is safe from fraud. Simultaneous elections which become a new test for the maturity of the Indonesian nation in this democracy must be guaranteed to run honestly and fairly.