JAKARTA - The Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut) continues the legal process against two perpetrators who are part of the illegal timber transportation network from Land Rights Holders (PHAT) in Riau to other island areas in Batam, Riau Islands.
Head of the Regional Law Enforcement Office for Sumatra, Hari Novianto, stated that his party had handed over the suspects RA and S to the Batam District Attorney's Office after the case file was declared complete on Monday (15/12).
"The handling of this case is a follow-up to the results of the joint security of Gakkumhut and Bakamla RI operations which arrested the KLM AAL Delima ship carrying illegal processed wood without being equipped with a Certificate of Legal Wood Processed Wood (SKSHHKO) at the Sagulung Port, Batam City, on September 3, 2025 at 16.10 WIB," said Hari as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, December 24.
He explained the modus operandi carried out by the suspects RA and S is that illegal processed wood originating from Tupang Island, Meranti Islands Regency in Batam, which is transported using the documents of the Certificate of Legal Wood (SKSHHKB) and the BA Change of Wood Form issued by PHAT MY which is located in Kapau Baru Village with the purpose of Permit to Process Forest Products in Batam City, Riau Islands.
Evidence was also secured in the form of one unit of the KLM AAL Delima ship, processed wood of 656 pieces with a volume of 100.34 cubic meters and one mobile phone, PHAT MY Documents, SKSHHKB Documents which were carried at the time of delivery of goods, Documents for Perizinan Berusaha Pengolahan Hasil Hutan (PBPHH) NG and other documents were also handed over to the JPU for prosecution purposes.
The two suspects are important actors in the illegal timber transportation network, namely RA from Klaten Regency, Central Java, is a technical staff from PHAT MY who issues SKSHHKB documents from PHAT MY to transport illegal processed wood and arranges the shipment of wood from Selat Panjang, Kepulauan Meranti, Riau.
Another suspect is S from Indragiri Hilir Regency, Riau who plays a role as a person who arranges the receipt of wood at the NG PBPHH in Batam City.
Hari explained that in the transportation of processed wood, the SKSHHKO must be accompanied.
"The transportation of processed wood using SKSHHKB and BA Changes in the Shape of Wood does not comply with regulations and when looking at the location of the wood load is very far away, about 64 km from the PHAT MY location, this is a new mode of transporting illegal processed wood originating from the forest area," he explained.
Both suspects are threatened with a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum fine of Rp. 2.5 billion.
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