Minister Of ATR/BPN Meets With National Police Chief To Discuss Eradication Of Land Mafia

Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN), Nusron Wahid and National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN), Nusron Wahid met with the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo. They discussed several things, one of which was about the land mafia. The second meeting took place at the Main Building of the National Police Headquarters, on Friday, November 8.

"We are in touch and coordinating with the National Police Chief, General Sigit, and all official ranks, we are from the Ministry of ATR BPN to coordinate various issues about crime in the land sector. One of them is the land mafia," Nusron told reporters.

According to him, to eradicate the land mafia, coordination with law enforcement officials or APH is very important. This is because the Ministry of ATR/BPN cannot run alone.

Moreover, the National Police has the authority to take action against or violate criminal acts.

"Because this police force is complete, has a legal dimension, has a security dimension. We need both of them, namely the law and need security," he said.

In addition, Nusron also said that his party needed the support of the National Police regarding keamama. It is undeniable that the actions of the land mafia can trigger problems in the community. Therefore, the Police are cooperated to provide a sense of security from the actions of the land mafia.

"Especially security in order to carry out the execution of land eradication and secure and provide certainty to the public about land civil rights and also certainty to investors so that investors who come here want to try here, economic activities here become comfortable and not disturbed by the actions of the land mafia, which every day with various reasons to sue for their land status," he explained.

Nusron also said that the Ministry of ATR/BPN and Polri would wipe out the land mafia. They will be charged with general crimes to money laundering (TPPU).

"We have both agreed for the land mafia, we are zero tolerance, we will continue to gas it, and what has been proven wrong, we will impose multiple articles, not only general crimes, but we will pursue until the money is used, the place where the money is returned to the state, if it is state land, if that is the people's land, it should be returned to the people," said Nusron.