Bengkulu Provincial Government Forms A Check-Land Limit Team Regarding HGU Polemics

The government, the Bengkulu Provincial DPRD, the North Bengkulu Regency BPN, palm oil companies and support village representatives while looking for solutions related to HGU land conflicts. ANTARA/Anggi Mayasari

BENGKULU - The government and the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) of Bengkulu Province formed a team to examine limits and land area related to the polemic of the right to use goods (HGU) of palm oil companies in North Bengkulu Regency. Assistant I of the Regional Secretariat of Bengkulu Province Khairil Anwar asked the North Bengkulu Regency government to evaluate the village closest to the land. "We will conduct an inspection of the HGU land and re-check the requirements for submitting an extension of the palm oil company," said Khairil in Bengkulu City, Antara, Friday, February 3. If in the examination it is proven that a shortage has been found, it will send a letter to the ministry so that the company's HGU permit is evaluated. Chairman of Commission I of the Bengkulu Provincial DPRD, Dempo Xler, explained that the investigation was carried out because the palm oil company and the National Land Agency (BPN) of North Bengkulu Regency could not prove the land area and land boundaries. "Regarding the land map, because there are different mappings in BPN and the Ministry of ATR BPN. Then related to the benchmark for applying for a permit or permanent permit has been given," he said. However, no one from the company or BPN provided evidence that the installed limits were at the company's HGU plantation location. In addition, his party ensures that 77 hectares of HGU land in the area are for the community and related to plasma obligations of 20 percent. "The confirmation results show that 20 percent of the land has been given but not to the buffer villages, therefore we ask the district government to evaluate and submit detailed data regarding the recipients of the land," explained Dempo. Meanwhile, one of the residents, Luki, asked that the inspection carried out by the team to check the limit be realized immediately, because the polemic had occurred over the last two years.