Three Years Of Suspect Status: Case Of Alleged Land Grabbing In Bareskrim Not Delegated To Court

Bareskrim Polri/ Photo: Ari Kurniansyah/ VOI

JAKARTA - Deolipa Yumara's attorney accompanied the reporter Arif Saifuddin to visit the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police on Wednesday afternoon, December 10, 2025, at 12.00 WIB to ask for clarity on the handling of the alleged land grabbing case in Surabaya which has been running since 2019.

Deolipa questioned why the case had not yet been transferred to court, even though the reported parties had been suspects for three years.

In his statement before the media crew, Deolipa explained that his client, Arif Saifuddin (56), was a victim of a seizure of 16,160 square meters of land in the Lontar area, Surabaya City. The land, which was originally in the form of vacant land, has now established buildings in the form of monasteries and schools.

The police report was made at Bareskrim on August 1, 2019 with the number LP/B/0681/VIII/2019/Bareskrim. The reported parties have been named suspects since November 29, 2022. Now it has been three years, but the case has not yet come to trial," said Deolipa.

He emphasized that from the beginning of the investigation process to the investigation, Bareskrim investigators had moved quickly. However, entering the third year, the development of the case began to slow down.

"We don't know what started coughing, but obviously it's slow. That's why the family asked us to accompany us so that this case is resolved for the sake of justice and legal certainty," he said.

Arif Saifuddin (56), Deolipa's client, said that he represented the six heirs of the late M. Yusuf Effendi who died in 2005.

Arif also revealed that he had been reported back by the reported party in 2012 on charges of seizure and theft. However, he was released at all levels of the judiciary to the Supreme Court's cassation.

"I have been criminalized, but released until the MA level. Now I am also named a suspect in other cases, but according to the prosecutor's office, my SPDP is not even clear because it was asked to the Police twice and it was not answered. We just want legal certainty," he said.

Deolipa added that this condition raises big questions, because the reported parties have been named as suspects and there is evidence that is considered strong enough to be brought to trial.

"We hope that Kabareskrim and Propam will follow up. There should be no SP3 after three years of suspect status. That raises bad precedents and public questions," he said.

According to him, several reasons for the termination that have emerged, both formal, material, and 'informal', have never been explained transparently to the victim's family.

"We don't know what happened behind the scenes. But legally, the case should continue because the criminal element is clear. The evidence is complete," he said.

He added that the value of the land economy now reaches around Rp. 200 billion.

Arif Saifuddin emphasized that his family only wanted the case to run properly. He reminded that the land is a girik land whose location and ownership history are clear, while the reported party does not have a match for the girik or village map that supports their claims.

"If it's true that I took it, I've been handcuffed for a long time. We're not demanding anything other than justice," Arif concluded.

The family hopes that the title of the case that took place today will not again produce a decision to terminate the investigation without a clear basis.