YLBHIM Asks The Police To Intervene In Investigating Allegations Of Illegal Logging On Karimunjawa Island, Central Java

ILUSTRASI-Bukti tunggat tanaman sonokeling yang dibalak pelaku illegal logging di wilayah hutan Jabung, Karangan, Kabupaten Trenggalek, Jatim, Sabtu (4/2/2023) (PHOTO ANTARA/HO - PPLH Mangkubumi)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation for the Plaintiff (YLBHIM), Ahmad Gunawan, asked the police to intervene regarding the alleged illegal logging on Karimunjawa Island. "Because this is the era of information disclosure, the status before the law is the same, we want this issue to be guarded by the National Police Chief,” said Ahmad Gunawan in a written statement received in Jakarta, Saturday, April 16. Ahmad asked the National Police Chief to immediately order the Jepara Police and the Central Java Police Chief to examine the resort owner. Whether the resort owner already has a permit or not. "Currently, our report has been responded to and a team from the National Police Chief and the National Police Headquarters have dropped and it is confirmed that there are no documents. We hope that the Karimunjawa Police Chief, Jepara Police Chief, and Central Java Police Chief, as well as resort owners can be processed immediately. Because at this time it cannot be covered up, ” he continued. YLBHIM President Hutomo Daru Pradipta admitted that he had conducted an investigation in Jepara district and then left for Karimunjawa Island. “ I was escorted by fishermen to see the situation of the island in Karimunjawa. When we went there we saw loading and unloading activities of ironwood. According to the captain's statement, the ironwood departed from the sale of Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan,” he explained. Hutomo added, after learning about the activity, he docked to the Middle Island. When it arrived there, a luxury resort was established.

“I saw on one island that the resort was made full of ironwood. After that I went to the Karimunjawa National Park Hall. There I tried to conduct a search by asking directly to the party at the national park hall. It was surprising, it turned out that Pulau Tengah was intended for two zones. Maritime protection zone and tourism. This means that one island has a function and cannot be made resorts. There must be marine protection. Well, if the authorities don't know anything, it's clearly impossible, ” he said.