Member of Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Eka Widodo, appreciates the firm steps taken by the Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN), Nusron Wahid, who ensures that land certificates belonging to transmigrants in Bekambit Village and Bekambit Asri Village, Kotabaru, South Kalimantan, will be restored after being canceled on the basis of inappropriate grounds.
The legislator, who is familiarly called Edo, emphasized that the status of the land must be immediately restored because the community has strong evidence in the form of a valid title deed. According to him, the state must not lose in protecting the rights of citizens, especially transmigrants who have managed the land for generations.
"We appreciate the steps of the Minister of ATR/BPN who is responsive and on the side of the community. The title deed is a strong legal proof. If the cancellation is not based on the right procedures and reasons, then its recovery is a must," said Edo, Saturday, February 14.
As is known, the government also canceled overlapping use rights and froze mining permits until the land issue was resolved. In an effort to resolve this case, the Minister of ATR/BPN has coordinated directly with the Minister of Transmigration and the Director General of Minerals and Coal.
Edo asked law enforcement officials to thoroughly investigate the alleged involvement of individuals, both from the land office, local government, and village government, in the process of removing certificates belonging to the community. He assessed that there were irregularities in the deletion of citizen certificates, especially because the deletion was carried out at the request of the mining company.
According to him, if it was known from the beginning that there was overlapping between the mining concession and the residents' land, then the land should have warned the company, not cancel the certificate belonging to the community.
"If there is indeed an overlap, the company should be reminded not to annex the residents' land. Not the other way around, the people's certificate is canceled. This is very worrying and must be thoroughly investigated," said Edo.
In addition to the restoration of the certificate, Edo also urged the government to hold mining companies accountable for providing compensation and compensation for damage to the agricultural land of affected residents. According to him, the community has suffered material and social losses as a result of this issue.
"The restoration of land rights must be accompanied by the restoration of citizen losses. The company is obliged to provide compensation and compensation for the impact caused," he concluded.
As reported, in 2011 the government granted a mining production operation business permit (IUP-OP) to PT SSC in the area. The coal mine concession overlaps with the land owned by the residents. PT SSC then asked the BPN to cancel the transmigrant SHM that entered the company's IUP area.
In April 2025, BPN South Kalimantan then revoked 717 SHM with a total area of 485 hectares. The revocation of SHM made residents demonstrate at the BPN Kalimantan Selatan Regional Office in Banjarbaru on April 22, 2025.
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