JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia opened his voice regarding the illegal coal mining practice in the conservation area of the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan, which is estimated to have cost the state Rp5.7 trillion.
Bahlil said that illegal mining affairs are under the authority of law enforcement officers (APH) and are not a matter for the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. For this reason, he will fully hand over the matter to the authorities.
"If mining is illegal, it's APH. That's the authority of law enforcement," Bahlil told the media crew at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Office, Friday, July 18.
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, he said, will only take care of the mines that are registered and whose ownership is clear. Meanwhile, regarding all types of illegal mining, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources will leave all its affairs to the authorities.
"We are monitoring the mines that have a permit. If there is no permit, it is not our domain," said Bahlil.
As is known, the Indonesian National Police (Polri) has uncovered illegal coal mining practices in the conservation area of the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan, which is estimated to have cost the state Rp5.7 trillion.
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Director of the Directorate of Certain Crimes of the Criminal Investigation Agency (Dir Dittipidter Bareskrim) of the National Police Brigadier General (Brigjen Pol) Nunung Syaifuddin revealed that illegal coal mining in the Soeharto Grand Forest Park (Tahura), Samboja District, Kutai Kertanegara Regency has been going on since 2016.
"Until now, the mine opening has reached 160 hectares," he told reporters in Surabaya, Thursday.
So far, based on the investigation by Polri investigators, the results of the illegal coal mining have been collected in a stockroom to be packaged in sacks.
Then distributed by sea using containers through the Port of East Kalimantan, Kariangau Terminal, Palembang, to Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya.
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