West Lombok Police Have Pocketed The Identity Of Chinese Foreigners Involved In Illegal Mining In Sekotong Area

Head of the West Lombok Police Satreskrim AKP Abisatya Darma Wiryatmaja. (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

WEST LOMBOK - West Lombok Resort Police, West Nusa Tenggara, has the identity of a foreign national from China who is suspected of being involved in illegal mining activities in the people's gold mining area of Sekotong. Head of the West Lombok Police Criminal Investigation Unit AKP Abisatya Darma Wiryatmaja said his party is currently investigating the whereabouts of the Chinese foreigner, who is suspected of being 15 people. "Because, yes, there has been a mention of his name (China foreigner), is this identity true or not, is this a suitable person or not. So, we have not found the foreigner, we are still investigating. We are trying to find out where his position is now," said Abisatya in West Lombok, Antara, Tuesday, September 3. In an effort to search based on the identity pocketed, the West Lombok Police are now intensively coordinating with the Immigration Office. "So, we are still asking the identity we have obtained to Immigration, we continue to coordinate," he said. Abisatya said that the illegal mining case in the people's gold mining area in the Sekotong area was the development of the mining camp burning which was allegedly managed by foreigners from China. He ensured that the handling of this illegal mining case had entered the investigation stage based on the results of the case title which referred to the collection of evidence. "So, for the illegal mining (illegal mining) case in Sekotong, we have raised the status to the investigation stage. As for the criminal act, the illegal mining already exists," he said. From the handling process, the police have confiscated two transport trucks, one excavator, 10 carbon and cyanide chemicals, and iron in the form of a large cylinder.

"We are still securing the evidence at the West Lombok Police," said Abisatya.