JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) will deploy a team from the Directorate General of Law Enforcement (Ditjen Gakkum) to eradicate illegal mines according to President Prabowo Subianto's direction.
Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Yuliot said that his party would follow up on Prabowo's directives related to controlling illegal mining practices in a number of areas.
"The illegal mine is the first one that doesn't have a compact person, the city will arrange it," he said at the DPR Building, Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Friday, August 15.
Yuliot said the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources would deploy a team from the Directorate General of Law and Human Rights to eradicate illegal mines according to Prabowo's direction.
"This is the task from the Directorate General of Law and Human Rights later," he said.
For your information, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources noted that it had received 128 reports or complaints related to mining without a permit (PETI) throughout 2023.
Based on data from the Directorate General of Mineral and Coal, as of 2023 there were reports from 24 provinces. The province with the highest number of complaints was South Sumatra with 26 reports, Riau 24 reports, North Sumatra 12 reports, Aceh 11 reports and East Java 9 reports.
Previously, President Prabowo Subianto revealed that he had received a number of reports from law enforcement officials (APH) that until now there are still 1063 illegal mines throughout Indonesia.
For this reason, Prabowo firmly stated that he would curb all mines that have the potential to harm the country by hundreds of trillions.
"After this we will also arrange mines that violate the rules, I have been reported by the authorities that there are 1,063 illegal mines," Prabowo said in his speech at the 2025 MPR and DPR Annual Sessions held at the Parliament Building, Senayan, Friday, August 15.
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Prabowo said the potential loss to the state of all mines is estimated at IDR 300 trillion. To eradicate this illegal mine, Prabowo asked the MPR and the DPR as well as all political parties to help the government save the country's wealth.
Prabowo also admitted that he would not be indiscriminate in eradicating all kinds of violations, including those committed by 'big people' such as General TNI, Polri, and even former generals.
"Whether the general of the TNI or the General of the Police or the former general, there is no reason we will act on behalf of the people," he continued.
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