Open Kayu Business In Kapuas Hulu Production Forest, West Kalimantan, Man Becomes A Suspect Of Illegal Distribution

Suspect YHS in the forest clearing case in Sungai Uluk Palin Village, North Putussibau, Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan. (ANTARA/HO-Polres Kapuas Hulu)

The police have named one suspect with the initials YHS related to the illegal forest clearing case in the forest of Sungai Uluk Palin Village, South Putussibau District, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan Province (West Kalimantan).

"The suspect opened a business and worked on wood in the limited production forest of Sungai Uluk Palin Village," said Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit Inspector of Police One (IPtu) Rinto Sihombing in Putussibau, Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, Thursday, May 30, confiscated by Antara.

From this problem, his party has secured a number of processed wood as evidence and checked the logging location illegally.

The issue was revealed by reports from residents and traditional administrators of Sungai Uluk Palin Village who felt aggrieved by the actions of the suspect who was indiscriminate in the forest.

In fact, before the matter was reported to the police, the customary management of Sungai Uluk Palin Village sentenced the suspect to 36 grams of gold in accordance with local customary law, which if replaced with a form of money amounting to Rp39.6 million and the suspect's customary demands had to pay Rp500 thousand per waiting for wood.

However, the suspect did not agree to pay the customary law, until finally the suspect's issue was reported to the Kapuas Hulu Police.

Rinto said, from the results of the investigation and investigation, the suspect YHS was suspected of illegally illegal forest clearing by lowering a number of employees (laying wood) into the forest of Sungai Uluk Palin Village.

Based on the results of location checks by experts from the Area III Forest Area Establishment Center using the Garmin 76 CSx global positioning system (GPS) and also based on a map in accordance with the Decree of the Minister of Forestry number SK.733/Menhut-II/2014, September 2, 2014 concerning forest areas and water conservation of West Kalimantan Province, that the location of the logging is located in the area of the limited production forest Loban Papau-Nanga Sibau.

"The suspect took wood to resell, but the suspect did not have a permit to try to use the forest from the minister," said Rinto.

In this case, the suspect was charged with Article 83 paragraph (1) letter "a" in conjunction with Article 12 letter "d" of Law number 18 of 2013, concerning criminal acts in the field of prevention and eradication of forest destruction as amended in article 37 number 13 Jo number 3 of Law number 6 of 2023 concerning the stipulation of Government Regulations in place of Law number 2 of 2022 concerning Job Creation into Law.

"The suspect is threatened with imprisonment for a minimum of one year and a maximum of five years and a fine of at least Rp. 500 thousand and a maximum of Rp. 2.5 billion," said Rinto.