Halau Of Foreign Domination And Buying And Selling Of Lantigiang Island, KKP Claims To Have Certified 41 Small Islands

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has certified 47 land parcels on 41 small islands. This certification is motivated by rampant land problems, especially foreign investment in small islands.

Most recently, about the alleged sale of Lantigiang Island in Selayar Islands Regency, South Sulawesi. This island was sold by Syamsu Alam to a woman named Asdianti Baso for IDR 900 million.

Director General of Marine Space Management of the KKP TB Haeru Rahayu said certification is a form of safeguarding the sovereignty of the national marine and fisheries sector.

It is undeniable that the sale of small islands, control of small islands by foreign nationals, environmental damage, conflicts over the use of space and resources and illegal activities such as illegal fishing, illegal logging and smuggling of people and goods are still threatening.

"The utilization of small islands is one of the KKP's priority programs which aims to improve its functions and benefits for the country's sovereignty, public welfare, and environmental sustainability," said Haeru in Jakarta as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, February 2.

The certification program is part of the outermost small island utilization management program in order to maintain the integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, utilize natural resources and improve the welfare of communities in border areas.

The outermost small islands, he continued, have strategic value as the base point of the base line of the Indonesian archipelago in determining Indonesian territorial waters, the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone and the Indonesian Continental Shelf.

"Currently, Indonesia has determined 111 outermost small islands based on Presidential Decree No. 6 of 2017 concerning the Designation of Outermost Small Islands. In addition, Indonesia has also deposited 16,671 islands that have standardized their names to the UN, "he explained.

Director of Utilization of Coasts and Small Islands (P4K) Muhammad Yusuf revealed that in 2020, certification of land rights will be carried out in Pulau Rangsang Kab. Meranti Islands covering an area of 8,924 square meters, Pulau Bertuah Kab. West Coast covering an area of 40,000 square meters, Sabu Island Kab. Sabu Raijua 115,190 square meters, and on Pulau Rusa Kab. Aceh Besar covering an area of 1,000 square meters.

"For land use rights certificates on Sabu Island, Sabu Raijua Regency, NTT Province, there are 2 fields, namely the first area of 99,500 square meters in Dainao Village, Sabu Liae District and the second area of 15,690 square meters in Waduwulla Village. , Kec. Sabu Liae, "explained Yusuf.

Yusuf added, in addition to certifying land rights at PPKT, in 2020 the KKP will also provide productive economic assistance to coastal communities and small islands on four islands, namely on Pulau Budd, Kab. Raja Ampat, Pulau Fani Kab. Raja Ampat, Pulau Sibarubaru Kab. Kep. Mentawai, and Pulau Rusa Kab. Aceh Besar.