Prosecutor's Office For Completing Case Files For Illegal Mining Cases In Central Bengkulu

BENGKULU - The High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has prepared two research prosecutors to prepare the case file for an illegal mining case within the Bukit Daun protected forest area, Central Bengkulu Regency. "We have appointed two prosecutors to conduct researchers on the illegal mining case," said Head of the Legal Information Section (Kasi Penkum) Bengkulu Attorney General's Office Ristianti Andriani in Bengkulu City, Friday, March 10, confiscated by Antara. He said that the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office had received a notification letter for the start of the investigation (SPDP) or sprindik and is currently still waiting for the case file from the Bengkulu Police. Previously, the Bengkulu Police arrested two people, namely the initials MA and KS as suspects for carrying out illegal coal mining activities for the Lindung Bukit Daun Hut, precisely in Niur City, Central Bengkulu Regency. Director of Criminal Investigation of the Bengkulu Police, Kombes Pol Dodi Ruyatman, said that in addition to arresting two suspects, his party also confiscated thousands of tons of coal and two units of heavy equipment types of excavators around the illegal mining site. "We secure two people who have now been named as suspects, the initials of MA and KS, each of the suspects as illegal mining managers and heavy equipment operators operating in November 2022," he said.

He explained that the two suspects used heavy equipment type excavators to dig and carry out coal and coal mining activities packaged in sacks to be sold to Jakarta using legality in the form of a Production Operations Mining Business License (IUP-OP) specifically for transportation and sale on behalf of CV. Laksita Buana. According to their actions, the two suspects were charged with Article 158 in conjunction with Article 35 of Law Number 4 of 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining as amended by Law Number 3 of 2020 related to criminal acts of mining without a permit and/or carrying out mining activities in forest areas without a ministerial permit.