North Sulawesi Police Chief Asked To Follow Jokowi's Directions Regarding The Shooting At The Bolaang Mongondow PETI

President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. (Photo: Special)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked the police to protect and assist the weak, especially those who are marginalized in legal matters.

"I want to entrust to protect and help the weak. Those who are usually marginalized in the law," Jokowi warned during an apple for the Head of Regional Units (Kasatwil) Polri and TNI in Bali, Friday, November 3.

In this regard, Secretary of the Community Movement to Fight Corruption (GMPK) Jeffrey Massie in a written statement, Wednesday, December 8, asked the North Sulawesi (Sulut) Police Chief to follow President Jokowi's instructions to resolve the shooting case in the area of PT Bulawan Daya Lestari (BDL), Bolaang Mongondow Regency. (Bolmong).

"President Jokowi firmly reminded the police to immediately resolve legal issues, especially protecting the weak. For this reason, we ask the North Sulawesi Regional Police Chief to follow the President's direction regarding the shooting of residents in the PT BDL area," he said.

The shooting occurred on Tuesday, September 28, when residents protested against illegal gold mining (PETI) at the PT BDL site and resulted in one villager from Toruakat being shot dead by company guards.

Residents protested because Jimmy Inkiriwang's illegal mining activities with the approval of Yance Tanesia on PT BDL's land had entered the plantation area owned by residents.

"We ask the North Sulawesi Police Chief to reveal the intellectual actors behind the shooting of our brother Armanto Damapolii. Do not let public trust in the Police decrease due to the handling of cases that befell a small community like this not being investigated thoroughly, because I have proof of a cooperation agreement between Yance Tanesia and Jimmy Inkiriwang in writing approved by a notary," he said.

Some time ago the Head of Public Relations Kombes Pol Jules Abast accompanied by the Director of General Crimes of the North Sulawesi Police AKBP Gani Siahaan at a press conference at the North Sulawesi Police Headquarters, Monday, October 18, explained that he had named 2 suspects for the shooting, namely AP alias Bogar (39) and SI alias Septian (44). . Also assigned a fugitive status to one person on behalf of Kaloh Korengkeng (39), a resident of Tambun Village who is still being sought by the police.

Responding to this, Jeffrey said that although it has been stated that there are suspects, there is an intellectual actor behind who has not been revealed. He said, don't let the public understand that this process is an engineering process and there is a play, because until now the intellectual actors have not been touched by the law.

"Residents of the mining circle who are victims of the greed of the illegal gold mining company have been marginalized by legal problems because it has been a long time since the incident, the settlement of the case has not been completed until now," he said.

Jeffrey said that handling the case was the responsibility of the Regional Police Chief. According to him, this was in accordance with Jokowi's directions in his speech.

He said, in the directive, Jokowi conveyed that cases in areas that may be small but are not only the responsibility of the Sector Police Head but also the Head of the Resort Police to the Kapolda. He reminded the Police not to be labeled as discriminating against the weak.

"Be careful, it's still the responsibility of the Head of the Resort Police, it's still the responsibility of the Chief of Police for small matters like that. Especially if you've been labeled as discriminating against the weak. Be careful. Be careful," said Jokowi at the Kasatwil Apel.