KPK Spreads Threat To Land Mafia: We Are Not Shy To Take Action

Illustration of a land mafia (Photo by mahdi rezaei on Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Karyoto did not hesitate to take action against the disturbing land mafia. Moreover, the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/BPN has asked the anti-corruption commission for assistance.

"Indeed, the Ministry of ATR/BPN is trying to cooperate with us to see if there is a corruption case behind this land mafia," Karyoto told reporters, Tuesday, December 14.

He said there were a number of land mafia cases that had been discussed between the KPK and the ATR/BPN Ministry. However, Karyoto did not specify what case he was referring to.

From the land mafia cases that came in, the Corruption Eradication Commission also moved to look for allegations of involvement of state officials and the existence of criminal acts of corruption in them.

"And even if there is, we will not hesitate to take (action, ed)," he said.

"That portion of these findings can be raised at the KPK if it concerns a criminal act of corruption," added Karyoto.

As previously reported, the Minister of ATR/Head of BPN Sofyan A. Djalil emphasized that his party is very serious about fighting the practice of land mafias because cases of misuse of land certificates by land mafias still often occur in the community.

Even to overcome the land mafia, there are several ways that have been done. one of them by digitizing to close the loopholes of fraud.

In addition, Sofyan has firmly ensured that he will fire his subordinates and take action against land certificate makers (PPAT) who are involved in the land mafia network.

Not only that, the Ministry of ATR/BPN also cooperates with law enforcement officials, the Judicial Commission, the Supreme Court, and other government agencies. With this effort, it is hoped that the practice of land mafia will decrease and disappear over time.

Previously, the Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR) / Head of the National Land Agency (BPN) Sofyan Djalil admitted that many of his subordinates had become land mafias. The number is no joke, there are 125 ministry employees.

This number has emerged since he served as Minister of ATR in 2016. Sofyan claimed that hundreds of employees were given administrative sanctions, dishonorably dismissed, reported to the police, removed from their positions, and transferred.