The Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut) has secured the perpetrators of the additional forest area of 4 hectares in Berbak Sembilan National Park (TNBS) in Banyuasin Regency, South Sumatra (Sumsel).
Head of the Law Enforcement Center (Gakkum) of the Ministry of Transportation for the Sumatra Region, Hari Novianto, said that the suspect AD was arrested on June 20, 2025 and detained at the South Sumatra Police Detention Center since June 21, 2025.
"Meanwhile, evidence in the form of plantation equipment, oil palm seeds and 1 work firm unit was confiscated by the Gakkumhut Investigator," said Hari as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 24.
He said the arrests began with routine patrols of the TNBS Polhut on May 19, 2025. At around 11.20 WIB, Polhut officers found additional activities in the TNBS area in Penuguan Village covering an area of 4 hectares which would be planted with palm oil.
At the location of the addition, new slash marks were found, artificial ditches and work huts and equipment used to clear land.
Furthermore, the team searched for the perpetrators of the addition, and succeeded in arresting the perpetrators, totaling 3 people who were still around the crime scene with the initials AD, AL and YH.
"After the interrogation, he admitted that he had increased by about 4 hectares using manual equipment. The three perpetrators were then secured by Polhut officers at the Palembang Region III Gakkumhut Section Office," he said.
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After holding a case with the South Sumatra Police PPNS Korwas, Gakkumhut investigators raised the status of this case to investigation.
Based on two sufficient preliminary pieces of evidence, the AD perpetrator as the addition actor was named a suspect. Meanwhile, the perpetrators of AL and YH who are people employed by AD are witnesses.
Gakkumhut investigators ensnared theAD under Article 78 Paragraph (3) Jo 50 Paragraph (2) letter a of Law No. 41 of 1999 concerning Forestry as amended in Law No. 6 of 2023 concerning PERPPU No. 2 of 2022 concerning Job Creation into Law and/or Article 33 paragraph (2) letter e Jo. Article 40B paragraph (1) letter e of Law No. 32 of 2024 concerning Amendments to Law no. 5 of 1990 concerning KSDAE Jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.
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