Owners Of Illegal Sand Mines In Cianjur Become Suspects Of Heavy Equipment Operators Buried

Officers searched for the body of the heavy equipment operator buried 5 meters deep in the sand dug in Sukaluyu District, Cianjur, West Java. BETWEEN ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri

JAKARTA - The police have named the owner of the sand dug mine with the initials IS (57) as a suspect in the case of the death of a heavy equipment operator named Ujang (31). The victim was buried by landslides in the sand dug which was suspected to be unlicensed in Sukaluyu District, Cianjur, Saturday, September 14.

Kasatreskrim Cianjur Police Commissioner Adjutant Tono Listianto said the results of the investigation carried out by officers revealed that the 4,532 meter2 sand dugout had not obtained a permit, aka illegal, which had been operating for the past month.

"The suspect committed negligence in operational procedures, especially not having a mining permit, which caused the lives of heavy equipment operators who were employed to float buried under a cliff as high as 5 meters," he said in Cianjur, Thursday, September 19, which was confiscated by Antara.

The suspect charged with Article 158 in conjunction with Article 35 of Law No. 3 of 2020 concerning amendments to Law No. 4 of 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining and or Article 55 paragraph to 1e of the Criminal Code and or Article 359 of the Criminal Code with a threat of 5 years in prison. a fine of Rp. 100 billion.

So that his party appealed to the public or mining business actors in Cianjur not to carry out and be involved in illegal mining activities, unless they had complete permits.

"In the past, licensing in accordance with statutory regulations, do not carry out illegal mining because it can damage the environment and when it is not in accordance with procedures it can threaten safety," he said.

As reported by the Cianjur Resort Police, an investigation was carried out regarding the death of the heavy equipment operator on behalf of Mamat alias Ujang (31) buried by a 5 meter high soil while working to dredge the soil in the sand dug in Sukamulya Village, Cilaku District, Saturday, September 14.

Kasatreskrim Cianjur Police Commissioner Adjutant Tono Listianto said that his party was still investigating whether there was an element of negligence that caused the victim to die and the sand dug permit.

"We carried out an investigation that caused the victim to die buried along with the heavy equipment he was driving, whether there was an element of negligence or others, including checking the sand dug permit," he said.

His party will ask for information from a number of witnesses, including the owner of the excavation related to the incident that caused the victim to die buried in the 5 meter high soil while carrying out his duties as a heavy equipment operator.