Examined By KLHK Regarding Rare Animals In His Home, Langkat Regent Rises To Warring Wind: For God's Sake, It's Entrusted

Langkat Regent inactive Publishes War Plan for Wind/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Regent of Langkat has issued a Wind War Plan, swearing that the endangered animals found in his house during a hand-catching operation (OTT) do not belong to him. He said the animal was a deposit from someone else.

This was conveyed after being examined by Civil Servant Investigators (PNS) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) at the KPK Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

"For God's sake, it's a deposit," Terbit told reporters, Tuesday, May 17.

"I don't have a rare animal to keep it, because it was entrusted to me," he added.

Terbit admitted that he did not know if the animals he had entrusted were classified as rare and protected by law. "If I know for sure I will direct the person who entrusted it and I will question their permission," he said.

When asked to specify what animals were entrusted to him, Terbit admitted that he had forgotten. He only said, one of them is an orangutan.

Meanwhile, regarding the party who entrusted it, Terbit refused to disclose it to the public. He only said that he had conveyed who the party was to investigators from the KLHK.

"I have already explained to the examiner that the person who entrusted it is in accordance with what I reported earlier," he said.

Meanwhile, one of the investigators from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry said that Terbit was being examined as a witness. However, he did not want to explain about the inspection that had just been completed.

"Essentially, I only examined as a witness first. Yes (related to endangered animals, ed)," said the investigator before getting into his official car.

As previously reported, KPK investigators did find protected endangered species when they searched Tebit's house. Subsequently, the North Sumatra BBKSDA confiscated the animal.

Acting (Plt) Head of the BBKSDA of North Sumatra Irzal Azhar explained that his party found several types of protected wildlife, namely one Sumatran Orang Utan (Pongo Abelii) and one Sulawesi Black Monkey (Cynopithecus Niger).

Next, the Brontok Eagle (Spizaetus Cirrhatus), two Bali Starlings (Leucopsar Rothschildi) and two parrots (Gracula Religiosa) were also confiscated.