KPK Says There Is An Illegal Mining Near The Mandalika Circuit: 1 Day Of Resulting 3 Kilograms Of Gold

Head of the KPK Coordination and Supervision Task Force Region V Dian Patria/DOK PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed that there was an illegal gold mine not far from the Mandalika International Circuit, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.

The findings were conveyed by the Head of the KPK Coordination and Supervision Task Force Region V Dian Patria.

"I also just found out. I never thought that on Lombok Island, 1 hour from Mandalika there was a big gold mine. I just found out," said Dian during a media discussion at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted on Wednesday, October 22.

Dian explained that the visit to the mine had been carried out. As a result, it is known that gold production can reach 3 kilograms per day.

"And that's amazing, it turns out to be 3 kg of gold for 1 day, only 1 hour from Mandalika," he said.

Apart from Mandalika, Dian also mentioned many illegal gold mines in Lombok.

"And in Sumbawa let alone," he said.

Regarding these findings, Dian said that his party had made efforts to coordinate and supervise or corrupt.

"We don't just talk directly whether there is a criminal act of corruption or not," he said.

"There could be sectoral crimes, whether forestry, environment, taxes, we encourage those who have the authority, enforce the rules. If he doesn't enforce it, he doesn't enforce it, he could be part of the problem. Deliberately," concluded Dian.