JAKARTA - Minister of Environment (LH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq did not rule out potential criminal acts if entities in Batang Toru Watershed (DAS), North Sumatra (North Sumatra), were proven to have contributed to flooding and landslides.
The Minister of Environment said that his party had temporarily suspended the activities of four companies after conducting a review of the area around the Batang Toru and Garoga watersheds last week.
"Today all are being evaluated. Then four of them, we will stop operations, because it is suspected that they contributed quite a lot in the flood in Batang Toru," said Hanif as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, December 8.
"We are currently taking this more seriously, one of which we will find is by environmental audit. Then environmental approval and the possibility of criminalization from 3 or 4 units, we will see first the progress," continued Hanif.
KLH/BPLH have summoned eight companies or entities operating around the Batang Toru watershed.
Four of them will provide an explanation to the Deputy for Law Enforcement (Gakkum) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry today and the remaining four will be summoned on Tuesday (9/12), including a number of concession regional owners.
Previously, Minister LH Hanif had conducted a review of the Batang Toru watershed on Friday (5/12). He visited a number of companies, including PT Agincourt Resources, PT Perkebunan Nusantara III (PTPN III), and PT North Sumatra Hydro Energy (NSHE) developer of PLTA Batang Toru.
After the visit, KLH/BPLH then temporarily suspended palm oil companies, mines, and power plants, to conduct environmental audits.
In addition, said Hanif, KLH/BPLH today are also sealing the company's entities that manage Industrial Plant Forests (HTI).
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