Jakarta, May 24 -- The Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) has dispatched a team to inspect electricity infrastructure in Muara Jambi District, Jambi Province, to help the government identify the cause of the power outage affecting regions across Sumatra.

Bareskrim Director for Particular Crimes Brig. Gen. Mohammad Irhamni said his team mobilized on Sunday to examine conductor failure at the transmission line, accompanied by personnel from the police forensics laboratory and State Electricity Company PT PLN.

"So far, we have not found indications of deliberate human action related to the severed conductor cables," he remarked.

Irhamni made the remarks following the mass blackout reportedly affecting multiple provinces acro...