Just Insert Data, the Attorney General's Office Emphasizes the Arrival of Investigators at the Ministry of Finance is Not a Search

Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Affairs Anang Supriatna (VOI photo)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) said that the arrival of investigators at the Jampidsus at the Directorate General of Planning of the Ministry of Forestry on Wednesday, January 7 to match data on changes in forest functions, especially protected forests in several areas.

"This data matching activity is not a search and everything went well," said Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Anang Supriatna, quoted by Antara, Thursday, January 8.

Anang explained that the matching of data was related to the investigation of cases related to the opening of mining activities in North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi.

"The investigation of the case of opening mining activities by companies that entered the forest area area granted by the then regional head in North Konawe by violating and not in accordance with the provisions," he said.

As a proactive step, according to him, investigators went to the Ministry of Forestry to expedite and obtain the necessary data.

He said, the Ministry of Forestry, especially the Directorate General of Planning, helped in providing data and matching data.

"There are several data and documents needed in the investigation and have been provided by the Ministry of Forestry to the investigators and adjusted/matched the data with the data in the investigators," he said.

He also said that this activity is in the context of improving forest governance to ensure that Indonesian forests are more sustainable.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Foreign Relations and Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Forestry, Ristianto Pribadi, also said that the activities that took place were data matching, not searches, and the entire process went well, orderly, and cooperative.

The Ministry of Home Affairs, according to him, appreciates the steps taken by the Attorney General's Office in order to strengthen forest governance.

"The synergy between ministries and law enforcement agencies is an important part of our joint commitment to ensure transparent, equitable, and sustainable management of Indonesian forests for the benefit of current and future generations," said Ristianto.

Previously, there were reports that investigators at the Attorney General's Office's Jampidsus conducted a search in a number of rooms at the Ministry of Forestry's Office on Wednesday (7/1).