Lampung Police: Land Conflict In 3 Lampung Villages Has Been Going On For 10 Years

Illustration of demonstrations related to land disputes (ANTARA)

BANDARLAMPUNG - Lampung Regional Police (Polda) said that land conflicts in three villages in Central Lampung Regency had been going on for 10 years, since 2014.

"The conflict in three villages, namely Kampung Negara Aji Tua, Kampung Bumi Aji, and Kampung Negara Aji Baru, in Central Lampung has been since 2014," said Head of Public Relations of the Lampung Police, Kombes Umi Fadillah, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 3.

He said that the background of the land management conflict problem had been going on for a long time, where in the company data they claimed that out of 955 hectares of land that had business rights (HGU) on behalf of PT Bumi Sentosa Abadi (PT BSA), only 60 hectares could be controlled.

"Initially, the land in the three villages was rented by PT Chandra Bumi Kota in 1968 for 25 years until 1993. Then in 1981 HGU was issued on behalf of PT Chandra Bumi Kota for 25 years from 1981 - 2006 on an area of 807 hectares," explained Umi.

Then, he continued, in 1990 PT Chandra Bumi Kota was purchased by PT BSA, along with its assets in the form of cassava and sugar cane land. In 2004 PT BSA purchased land in Bumi Aji Village and Aji Tua Country covering an area of 144.87 hectares which was then proposed by HGU in 2005 for 35 years from 2005 to 2040.

"In 2015, several groups of residents who occupied the land emerged and filed a lawsuit. The residents' lawsuit was rejected by the Gunung Sugih District Court with a decision Number 27/PDT.G/2014 PN.GNS," he said.

Furthermore, he said the community group appealed to the Tanjung Karang High Court (PT) in 2016, but the appeal was also rejected with a decision Number 35/PDT/2016/PT TJK in October 2016 with the sound of the decision on the appeal lawsuit not being accepted (niet onvankeluk verklaard/NO).

"The public then made further legal remedies by filing an appeal to the Supreme Court (MA) in 2017," he said.