Know the Dangers Weling Snakes Kills Bandung Boy: An 11-year-old boy with the initial AR died due to being pecked by a weling snake (Bungarus candidus) in Ujung Berung, Bandung, West Java, Wednesday (1/22) yesterday.

According to the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Herpetologist Expert Amir Hamidy, Bungarus candidus has a type of neurotoxin. This can attack the respiratory nervous system causing respiratory failure and spread within minutes.

"Bungarus candidus is a snake that is very high venomous. This species can be neurotoxic, its bite does not hurt but the effect is very large," Amir said when contacted by CNNIndonesia.com, Thursday (1/23).

Dangers Weling Snakes Kills Bandung Boy

The snake weling, said Amir, is found in rice fields and places close to water. Weling is part of the 12 types of terrestrial snakes (snakes that live on the ground) most venomous after cobras.

The body color structure of the black and white striped snake weling, but the lower abdomen is white. In addition, the tail is pointed.

In addition to weling, the type of welang snake also said Amir must be wary of because entering the group can be the most dangerous. Both have the same type can neurotoxins.

Although the appearance of the welang body is the same as weling, but the black and white stripes of the welang reach the lower abdomen. In addition, his body size is larger than weling and has an inverted 'V' mark above his head.

"They are the same black and white stripes, if the stripes do not reach the stomach. Weling is all white belly, not striped. If the stripes until the belly," said Amir.

"Welang has a dull tail, if it has a sharp tail. Welang has an inverted V mark on its head, if there is no weling. Then, Auction is usually bigger," he concluded.

Snake Weling was a conversation when a security officer or security guard in a housing complex in Gading Serpong, South Tangerang named Iskandar died after being bitten. The incident occurred in August 2019.

Then Iskandar and his colleague, Jaelani, came with a makeshift equipment in the form of a stick. Then, Iskandar pinned the snake's head with a stick and caught it with his bare hands.

However, Iskandar allegedly did not hold the snake tightly so that the reptile pecked his index finger. Instantly, Iskandar then tried to suck and remove the snake venom in the wound on his finger.

Citizens Give Support to Kivlan Zen via the hashtag #DoaForKivlanZein

Maj. Gen. (ret.) Kivlan Zen has just undergone a follow-up hearing on the case of illegal weapons possession in the Central Jakarta District Court, Wednesday (1/22). In the trial, he read out the exception or the objection note continued to the charges against him.

However, there is something different with Kivlan Zen in this trial. He came to court wearing a military uniform. This is a form of resistance by Kivlan over the case that ensnared him. For this statement of his attitude, he got a lot of sympathy from the virtual world community.

1. The hashtag #DoaUntukKivlanZein appears in the Twitter timeline

Sympathy came from citizens on the Twitter timeline for the case that ensnared Kivlan Zen. Citizens flocked to show their sympathy and encouraged Kivlan Zen by making the hashtag #DoaForKivlanZein.

This hashtag has become a Twitter trending topic in Indonesia with 6,399 tweets, and it still continues today. Here are some responses from citizens on the Twitter timeline.

2. Citizens also asked about Prabowo Subianto's presence

In addition to encouraging and sympathizing, many citizens also asked Prabowo's presence in the case which ensnared Kivlan Zen. It is known, Kivlan Zen was in the line of supporters of the Probowo-Sandi candidate pair in the 2019 Presidential Election.