Land Fire Trigger In West Kotawaringin Threatened With 12 Years In Prison

Kabagops Polres Kobar when interviewing the suspect in the burning of forest and land. (ANTARA / Safitri RA.)

The West Kotawaringin (Kobar) Resort Police revealed that the suspect who burned the land was threatened with a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison. "As a result of his actions, suspect M who burned the land and we have secured him is subject to Article 187 paragraph 1 to 1e of the Criminal Code, the threat is a 12-year prison sentence," said Head of Operations for the Kobar Police AKP Rendra Aditya Dhani at Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan (Central Kalimantan), Wednesday, October 4, confiscated by Antara. He emphasized that his party would take firm action against anyone and regardless of the form of the perpetrators of forest and land burners in the jurisdiction of the Kobar Police. Rendra explained that the chronology of the forest fire began when the suspect borrowed someone else's land for gardening. "At that time the land was in a thick state or filled with grass, then the suspect cleared the land and piled up, then the suspect burned piles of grass, twigs and so on," said Rendra.

Furthermore, the fire from the results of the suspect burning the pile of grass grew, then local residents and police officers came to extinguish it. Because the fire can spread to the surrounding land, which is still piled up and bushesy. "After the fire was successfully extinguished by officers with the help of local residents, the suspect was secured by our side for further examination and processing," said Rendra. He said that from this incident, members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Kobar Police managed to secure a sharp weapon of sickles used by the suspect to clean the land, and a lighter and burnt wood branches. The burning of land in this dry season is very detrimental and will have an impact on a number of sectors of people's lives. Starting from the impact of environmental and air pollution, economic impacts, education to health. For this reason, the Kobar Police continue to invite the public not to burn land for any purpose and for any reason.