Illegal Coal Mining At IKN Loses IDR 5.7 Trillion To The State
The National Police dismantled the illegal coal mining practice in the conservation area of the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan, which is estimated to cost the state Rp5.7 trillion.
Director of the Directorate of Certain Crimes, Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Nunung Syaifuddin, revealed that illegal coal mining in the Soeharto Grand Forest Park (Tahura), Samboja District, Kutai Kertanegara Regency has been going on since 2016.
"Until now, the mine opening has reached 160 hectares," he told reporters in Surabaya, Thursday, July 17.
So far, based on the investigation by Polri investigators, the results of the illegal coal mining have been collected in a stockroom to be packaged in sacks.
Then distributed by sea using containers through the Port of East Kalimantan, Kariangau Terminal, Palembang, to Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya.
It was revealed that containers containing coal from illegal mining products distributed had been given official documents by two companies holding production operations mining business permits, namely MMJ and BMJ, headquartered in Kutai Kertanegara.
Meanwhile, the police have named three suspects, each with the initials YH and CH as sellers, and MH as buyers for resale.
"IKN is a spirit from the government, so we have to be clear and clean. There are no more illegal activities, especially mining in the IKN area," said Brigadier General Nunung, asserting.
State losses from illegal mining activities that damage the environment in the IKN conservation area are estimated at IDR 5.7 trillion.
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Direktur Dittipidter Brigadier General Nunung menyatakan proses penyidikan masih berlangsung dan dipastikan segera menetapkan banyak tersangka lainnya.
"We are hunting for the brains of the perpetrators and their custodians. Because this illegal mining activity has been going on for a long time, we can charge him with the crime of money laundering or money laundering, apart from Article 161 of Law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Mineral and Coal," he said.