The NTB Prosecutor's Office Has Submitted A Case Of Extortion Of Gili Trawangan's Land Rental To The Police

Aspidsus Kejati NTB Ely Rahmawati. (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Special Crime Investigators submitted a case of alleged illegal levies on rent and sale and purchase of 65 hectares of government land in Gili Trawangan, North Lombok, during a contract period for management cooperation with PT Gili Trawangan Indah to the police. "We have submitted the case (extortion) to the NTB Police," said Assistant for Special Crimes at the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Ely Rahmawati, in Mataram, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, January 23. The consideration of handing over the case to the NTB Police, he explained, was seen the results of coordination with the NTB Representative Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP). "So, together with BPKP, we have the same opinion that corruption occurs if the land changes its name. Meanwhile, the ownership of this land is still in the provincial government, so here the state losses do not exist," he explained. By looking at this opinion, investigators concluded that the case of alleged extortion in leases and buying and selling of land that occurred massively and illegally during the management cooperation contract with PT GTI was running, not categorized as a corruption act. "That's why GTI is not included in the realm of corruption because its assets are still the name of the provincial government (provincial government)," he said. He also explained that there were leases and sale and purchases of land without any approval from the land owner, in this case the NTB Provincial Government, this was part of an unlawful act.

"That's a potential (law violation), land grabbing is called, and that's a general crime," said Ely. By concluding this is part of a general criminal act, the prosecutor's office handed the case over to the NTB Police.