PTPN VIII Reported Rizieq Shihab To Bareskrim Regarding The Megamendung Land

The Grand Imam of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Habib Rizieq Shihab prepares to undergo an examination at the Metro Jaya Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Saturday 12 December 2020 (Photo: Fauzan / Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) VIII reported Muhammad Rizieq Shihab to Bareskrim Polri regarding land use without permission from the Markaz Syariah Agro-Cultural Islamic Boarding School, Megamendung District, Bogor Regency, West Java.

"Reporting regarding the control of land controlled by the parties we have given advance warning to these parties," said PTPN VIII attorney Ikbar Firdaus Nurahman at the Police Criminal Investigation Office, Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Saturday, January 23.

Ikbar said that his party reported about 250 people who controlled the land in the pesantren location. One of them, former High Priest of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab.

"In the Megamendung area, all those who build buildings without permission and are on land belonging to PTPN will be legally reported," said Ikbar.

With this report, his party hopes that 250 people are willing to give up the pesantren land.

Before making a police report, Ikbar said PTPN VIII had issued subpoena to a number of parties occupying the land.

Ikbar said there were several residents who responded favorably to PTPN VIII's summons. However, some did not heed the summons.

"We stick to the law, we take refuge there," he said.

The police report made by PTPN VIII is registered with the number: LP / B / 0041 / I / 2021 / Bareskrim dated January 22, 2021, with reported being Muhammad Rizieq Shihab as cleric and Gabriele Luigi Antoneli as pastor.

Rizieq and Gabriele are under suspicion under Article 107 of Law Number 39 of 2014 concerning Crime of Plantation Crimes, Article 69 of Law Number 26 of 2007 concerning Crimes of Spatial Planning, Article 167 of the Criminal Code concerning Entering Yards Without Permit, Article 385 of the Criminal Code concerning Land Grabbing and Article 480 of the Criminal Code concerning Detention.