Inp.polri.go.id - Garut. The West Java Regional Police joined search efforts for five journalists and three crew members who went missing while covering Mount Anak Krakatau's volcanic eruption in the Sunda Strait. 

West Java Regional Police Chief Inspector General Pipit Rismanto instructed coastal patrols and local fishermen on Friday (11/9/2026) to monitor regional waters for missing victims swept away by ocean currents.

"We are monitoring whether current movements could carry victims into West Java waters," he said in Garut Regency.

Police distributed details regarding the missing expedition, unreachable since Monday,to coastal communities and Water and Air Police units across West Java. 

The missing journalists include ANTARA photojournalist Muhammad Bagus Khoirunnas, Merdekacom photojournalist Arie Basuki, freelance photographer Donal Husni, iNews photographer Yudhistira, and Anadolu photographer Daus.

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