Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia
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Forest Area Control Task Force (
PKH Task Force
) said there were 31 companies suspected of being the cause
flood
and landslides in the Sumatra region.
Chief Executive of the PKH Task Force, Febrie Adriansyah, said that this was known from the results of the identification that had been carried out.He said dozens of companies will be criminally prosecuted as a result of the disaster that occurred.
“The PKH Task Force has taken steps to identify criminal acts and will then determine who is criminally responsible for the disaster that occurred,” he said in a press conference, Monday (15/12).
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Febrie said that the process of investigating criminal allegations would be carried out by Bareskrim Polri, the Directorate General of Law Enforcement (Gakkum) of the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Forestry and the Attorney General’s Office.
He explained that one of the companies that committed criminal acts, PT TBS, is currently being investigated by the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit.
“We have
mapping
Which companies caused this disaster?”The identity is known, the location is known, the criminal act is known as to what kind of crime occurred,” he explained
Furthermore, he said, the company’s alleged violations were in the form of not having permits and poor management of the permits it had, which caused environmental damage.
“Or if the policy issued regarding the permit contains elements of criminal acts of corruption, we will take action,” he said.
Febrie confirmed that law enforcement does not only target individuals.This does not rule out the possibility that there are corporate suspects.
“Legal subjects who are deemed responsible, not only individuals, corporations will also be subject to criminal liability. Apart from that, they will be subject to administrative sanctions in the form of licensing evaluations,” he explained.
On the same occasion, PKH Task Force Commander Major General TNI Dody Triwinarno said that a total of 31 companies had been identified as having committed violations that caused disasters.
“For those in Aceh, the temporary suspicion is that those directly affected, those directly related to the DAS (River Watershed), are 9 PTs,” explained Dody.
“For those in North Sumatra, the watersheds in Batang Toru, the Garoga River, then the one in Langkat, including the landslides there, there are 8, including the PHT (Land Rights Holder) group,” he continued.
Meanwhile, for West Sumatra Province, Dody said there were 14 local company entities suspected of committing violations.
(tfq/isn)
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