East Java Police Reveals Land Mafia Case In Batu City With Losses Of IDR 850 Million, BPN Officers Arrested

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The Directorate of General Crimes (Dirkrimum) of the East Java Police revealed a land mafia case in Batu City with a victim loss of Rp. 850 million. Of the five suspects who were arrested, two of them were officers from the local National Land Agency (BPN).

"The five suspects worked together, conspiring to falsify 11 land certificates from one victim," said Wadirreskrimum of the East Java Police, AKBP Piter Yanottama, when releasing the case at the East Java Police Headquarters, Monday, November 6.

Piter said the case occurred in 2016, but the victim only reported it in December 2021. The five suspects had the initials Eka Wulandari, 38, Hendri, 36, Sulton Alamsyah, 34, Nanang, 47, and Andi Lala, 45.

Initially, Piter continued, the victims named Supatimah and Djoko Pornomo asked Eka Wulandari for help to take care of the transfer process for the names of 11 certificates of ownership (SHM). Then Eka asked the second suspect Hendri who was her husband. Then Hendri asked the third perpetrator Sulton Alamsyah for help.

"It turns out that the suspect Hendri already knew the suspect Sulton before, because he already knew he could fake a number of documents," he said.

Then the suspect Eka, brought the deeds along with their completeness for the process of changing the name of 11 SHM to the Batu City Land Office. There, Eka was assisted by Nanang, an employee who was able to become a broker, and Andi Lala as a counter officer.

"The facts made by the three previous suspects were suspected of being fake because the Land Deed Making Officer (PPAT) felt that they had not issued the deed. It turned out that the suspects did the act because they wanted to get material benefits," he said.

As for the details of the profits offered by the suspects, among others, Eka received money from the victim totaling Rp. 850 million. Then the suspect Hendri received Rp. 50 million from Eka, then Sulthon Rp. 30 million. Furthermore, the suspect Nanang received Rp. 48 million and Andi Lala received Rp. 400 thousand.

Apart from the victims, the police also detailed a number of formal losses from the case of forgery of the 11 land certificates.

Among them, the PPAT reported a material loss for the transfer fee of Rp. 55 million and the potential for a transition tax to be burdened, and the Regional Revenue Agency (Bapenda) of Batu City was harmed, because it had changed its rights. "The amount of loss from the transfer tax is estimated at more than Rp. 26 million. In addition, the owner of the land object is also harmed because it costs Rp. 850 million," he said.

As a result of their actions, the perpetrators were charged with different articles. The suspects Eka and Hendri were charged with Article 264 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the Criminal Code and or Article 263 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code and or Article 56 of the Criminal Code.

The suspect Sulthon is subject to Article 264 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code and/or Article 263 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 56 of the Criminal Code. Meanwhile, the suspects Nanang and Andi were charged with Article 264 paragraph (2) of the Criminal Code and/or Article 263 paragraph (2) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 56 of the Criminal Code.