Senayan City PR Officer Denies Insensitive Comments

A Senayan City public relations officer was under fire on Thursday for comments she made in a press statement concerning a suicides at the upscale mall on Monday night.

Sri Ayu Ningsih was reported by republika.co.id as having said the suicide was “an attempt to create a sensation.”

Reno, a resident of Patal Senayan in South Jakarta, jumped from the fifth floor of Senayan City mall on Monday night, less than four hours after a 24-year-old woman named Ice Juniar committed suicide from the fifth floor of Grand Indonesia Mall.

“I deeply regret the incident. Why did Reno choose to commit suicide at Senayan City instead of somewhere else such as a bridge, flyover or other tall building?” Sri Ayu said in the statement, as quoted by republika.co.id.

“In my opinion, this Reno seemed to seek attention. Up until now, we still don’t know why he did that. According to CCTV footage, he seemed to deliberately jump after he left Takemori restaurant on the fifth floor,” the press statement reportedly said.

The representative’s statement sparked anger from readers on the Republica Web site.

Adi, a reader, wrote: “Mbak Sri, where did you learn about PR? How could you make such a statement? Speechless.”

Another reader, Dinda, asked, “Is the management human or not?”

But Sri denied ever making the comments.

“I never said that,” she told Republika on Thursday.

“We are deeply concerned about the incident that happened to Reno,” she said. “After he fell from the fifth floor, we brought him directly to Pelni hospital. We even arranged everything with the police.”

With additional reporting by Ulma Haryanto

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