Pocketing Receipts For Sale And Purchase Of Forest Areas, KPHP Issues 2nd Reprimand Letter

Access road to HP Air Rami in Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu, Thursday (25/3/2021). BETWEEN/HO

MUKOMUKO - A number of people who suspected the sale and purchase of the Air Rami Production Forest (HP) area in Mukomuko Regency received a second warning letter. A letter was sent by the Production Forest Management Unit (KPHP) Mukomuko. "The forest security section went down to the forest area to deliver a second warning letter for the alleged sale and purchase of HP Air Rami," said Head of Mukomuko Regency KPHP Aprin Sihaloho in his statement, quoted from Antara, Saturday, July 30. .

Initially, KPHP Mukomuko reported the alleged sale and purchase of HP Air Rami in this area to the Bengkulu Province Environmental and Forestry Service (DLHK).

DLHK then summoned the people who allegedly bought and sold Air Rami HP in Mukomuko, Bengkulu Province. "The office calls the people selling first, then the buyers as witnesses in this case," he said.

From this case, Aprin admitted that his party had pocketed a receipt for the sale and purchase of HP Air Rami. Regarding the status of those involved, Aprin left it entirely to the relevant parties.

"Whether their status as witnesses is increased is the authority of the service," he added.

However, those suspected of being involved evade admitting to selling the forest. He said, they admitted that they were only slashing and slashing paid for by other parties. "Even though the receipt for the sale and purchase of the Air Rami HP is clear, so to prove it, let the Civil Servant Investigator (PPNS) of the Provincial Environment and Forestry Service process it," he said. With the termination of the HP Air Rami encroachment activity in Mukomuko, Aprin emphasized that the authority was not on the KPHP but on PT Anugerah Pratama Inspirasi (API), the owner of the concession for the utilization of timber forest products in the forest. next week will go down to identify their encroached land.