KPK: Illegal Gold Mining Affairs In Mandalika Not Just Our Task, This Is A Joint Homework

KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo (DOK Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the completion of illegal gold mines around the Mandalika circuit, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara was not only its responsibility or other law enforcement officials. Traders must also act according to their duties and functions.

This was conveyed by KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo in response to the statement of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia who invited law enforcement officials to take action against a number of illegal gold mines around Mandalika. These findings should be homework together for repairs.

Tifak bisa dilakukan sendiri oleh KPK karena ini banyak stakeholder terkait lainnya. Maka ini kemudian menjadi PR bersama untuk sama-sama kita garap, kata Budi kepada wartawan dikutip Senin, 27 Oktober.

Budi said this mining business should be a concern for the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) to local governments.

"This means that this is a joint concern for how we identify the problems that still arise in the mining sector," he said.

"What are the results for? So that the results can later be optimal to become PNBP and of course we also have to see how the processes carried out also continue to refer to sustainable development while still considering environmental sustainability," continued Budi.

Bahli is known to have opened his voice about the findings of the KPK related to gold mining around the Mandalika circuit. He said his ministry only manages legal mines while the illegal ones are handled by law enforcement officials.

Moreover, he feels that he has not received a report regarding this condition. "Look, ESDM manages the mines that have a permit. If there is no permit, just legal proceedings," Bahlil told reporters, Friday, October 24.

As previously reported, the Head of the KPK Coordination and Supervision Task Force Region V Dian Patria revealed that there was an illegal gold mine not far from the Mandalika International Circuit, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. The review has been carried out with the team.

"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.

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

Apart from Mandalika, Dian also mentioned many illegal gold mines in Lombok. "And in Sumbawa let alone," he said.