Novel Baswedan: Natural Resources Sector Corruption Occurs Due To Conspiracy

JAKARTA - Former senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Novel Baswedan said corrupt practices in the natural resources sector had an impact on environmental damage and disasters.

"Corruption in the Natural Resources (SDA) sector is due to a conspiracy between entrepreneurs and the apparatus in charge of guarding/supervising," Novel said as quoted from his Twitter account @nazaqistsha on Sunday, November 14.

Giving bribes or other abusive practices, continued Novel, made the existing rules regarding the use of natural resources able to be bypassed. In fact, in the process of utilizing resources, it is necessary to anticipate the impact on the surrounding environment.

"When there are bribes/other forms of corruption, everything is cut off, the impact is environmental damage and disaster," he said.

Corruption in the Natural Resources (SDA) sector is due to a conspiracy between entrepreneurs and the apparatus in charge of guarding/supervising. Exploitation of natural resources must anticipate the environmental impact. When there is bribery/other forms of corruption, everything is cut off, the impact is environmental damage & disaster.

— novel baswedan (@nazaqistsha) November 13, 2021

For this reason, Novel said it was not wrong if the corruptors were considered traitors by the community.

The reason is that their actions have caused environmental damage and can cause disasters that harm the community. Not only that, environmental improvement due to the exploitation of corrupt businessmen also takes a long time.

"When environmental damage occurs and causes a disaster, the impact is very large for the community. Repairing it is expensive and takes a long time," said Novel.

"Compare it with the money/value of corruption received by officials/apparatus. There is nothing wrong with corruption being called a traitor," he concluded.

In fact, when environmental damage occurs and causes a disaster, the impact is very large for the community. Repairing it is expensive and takes a long time. Compare it with the money/value of corruption received by officials/apparatus. It's not wrong to call corruption a traitor.

— novel baswedan (@nazaqistsha) November 13, 2021