Supervise Mining Companies, Banten Provincial Government And Law Enforcement Do MoU

Mining illustration (Photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Banten Provincial Government (Pemprov) together with the Banten Police and the Banten Attorney General's Office conducted a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the supervision and law enforcement of mining companies in post-mining objects.

Acting Governor of Banten Al Muktabar said, this MoU is a change project that is expected to solve the structured mining problem that can be managed properly, starting from the planning stage to the environmental management arrangement. He also said that he would make the Governor's decision on post-mining technical matters because the regulation is important to make regulations regarding the technical steps.

"We hope that one mining governance process will provide benefits to the community and not damage the environment," he said, quoting Antara. Al said the MoU was an effort to handle law enforcement for illegal mining companies in Banten Province as a better change project.

"Of course this is an effort to enforce the existence of illegal mining in Banten," he said. Al also hopes that mining business actors will not cause serious environmental damage. And to ensure responsibility for the environment carried out by mining entrepreneurs, the Banten Provincial Government will carry out surveillance. "If a stubborn mining company is still found, it will be prosecuted," he said.