2 Defendants Of Groundwater Exploitation Gili Trawangan NTB Propose Status As City Prisoners

The atmosphere of the inaugural trial of the water pollution case in Gili Trawangan with the defendants Samsul Hadi, Director of PT GNE and William John kaji, Director of PT BAL at the Mataram District Court, Thursday evening (20/6/2024). (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

JAKARTA - Director of PT Gerbang NTB Emas (GNE) Samsul Hadi and PT Berkah Air Laut (BAL) William John totaling the transfer of detention status from prison detention to city detention to the panel of judges at the Mataram District Court, West Nusa Tenggara. Herman Sorenggana, Samsul Hadi's legal adviser, said that his party had submitted a transfer of detention status to the panel of judges at the inaugural trial which took place on Thursday, June 20. "We have conveyed the submission of the transfer of detention status, we are just waiting for the judge's decision, we hope it will be granted," said Herman in Mataram, Antara, Friday, June 21. Likewise with William John airing, the submission was officially submitted to the panel of judges at the inaugural trial which was held with Samsul Hadi. Herman explained that there were two considerations for submitting the transfer of detention status in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP), both normatively and socially. "For social consideration, we see the water crisis that is currently happening in Gili Meno, to note that only these two directors (defendants) can activate the operation of distribution of clean water in the gili. That's why we hope that the transfer is granted so that the water crisis problem in Gili Meno is resolved," he said. Regarding the submission of the transfer of the detention status of the two defendants at the trial, Mataram District Court spokesman Kelik Trimargo said the authority to approve this was attached to the authority of the panel of judges. "Back to the subjective of the panel of judges. As the panel of judges said at the inaugural trial yesterday, the authority rests with the panel of judges, whether it is accepted or not, it will be seen from the formal considerations," said Kelik. In this case, the public prosecutor charged Samsul Hadi and William John totaling landwater exploitation activities in the Gili Trawangan and Meno tourist areas without a drilling permit and a land water utilization permit. This resulted in environmental damage, one of which was in the indictment that there was a fairly high level of salt in the production of groundwater from PT BAL and PT GNE. In fact, in the long term, it was concluded that geologists from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) could result in degradation of the quality of the soil and groundwater around the drilling area.

From the description of the indictment, the prosecutor charged the two defendants with violating Article 70 letter D in conjunction with Article 49 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 6 of 2023 concerning the stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 2 of 2022 concerning Job Creation and/or Article 68 letters A and B as well as Article 69 letters A and B of Law Number 17 of 2019 concerning Water Resources in conjunction with Article 56 of the 2nd Criminal Code.