German Foreigner Becomes Suspect, Development of Parq Ubud Kampung Rusia Bali Causes Shrinkage of Agricultural Land

The Bali Police have named a man with the initials AF (53) from Germany as a suspect related to the Ubud PARQ or known as the 'Russian Village' on Jalan Sriwedari, Tegallalang, Ubud, Gianyar Regency, Bali./PHOTO: Dafi-VOI

Bali Police stated that the construction of the Parq Ubud villa on Jalan Sriwedari, Tegallalang, Ubud, Gianyar Regency, Bali, resulted in a shrinking of agricultural land in the Ubud area, Gianyar Regency, Bali.

"The impact of the suspect's actions is that the area of agricultural land is decreasing in the Bali Province," said Bali Police Chief Inspector General Daniel Adityajaya, Friday, January 24.

Parq Ubud is a property under the auspices of PT Parq Ubud Partners with its President Director AF (53), a foreigner from Germany.

If calculated, the area suspected of being the transfer of unlicensed land is 1.8 hectares of the total area of Parq Ubud which reaches six hectares.

According to the Kapolda, Parq Ubud, which is located in the tourism and food crop zone or Protected Sawah Land (LSD) or Sustainable Agricultural Land, cannot be used for development.

"So, in this land there are two parts, one tourism zone and a sustainable area of agricultural land and rice fields. What is handled by the Bali Police Ditreskrimsus is LSD land because in that area absolutely no building can be built," he said.

The development, said Daniel, also affected the food self-sufficiency as referred to in President Prabowo Subianto's Astacita program because the conversion of rice fields or agriculture contributed resulted in reduced local food production.

In this case, the police have examined 33 witnesses and three expert witnesses. The owner of the land with the initials IGNES, who is suspected of being involved in this case, was also investigated.

IGNES status is still a witness. He rented out the land and admitted that he was not involved in the Parq Ubud development business.

AF perpetrators carry out activities to build a villa, spa center and animal farm on protected rice fields and sustainable agricultural food areas (LP2B) which are included in the food crop sub-zone.

Based on the investigation, AF was later named a suspect and charged with Article 109 in conjunction with Article 19 paragraph (1) of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 22 of 2019 concerning a sustainable agricultural cultivation system that has been amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6 of 2023 concerning the stipulation of government regulations in lieu of Law Number 2 of 2022 concerning job creation into law.

In addition, Article 72 in conjunction with Article 44 paragraph (1) of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 41 of 2009 concerning the protection of sustainable food farming land which has been amended in Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6 of 2023 concerning the stipulation of government regulations in lieu of Law Number 2 of 2022 concerning the creation of work into law.