The South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office Immediately Took Action As Soon As The Attorney General Ordered To Combat The Fertilizer Mafia

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JAKARTA - The Prosecutor's Office of South Sulawesi is following up on the instructions of Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin to eradicate the fertilizer mafia which has been troubling farmers.

"It has been conveyed to all elements of society, if they find any indications of the modus operandi of the fertilizer mafia, they should immediately report it to the South Sulawesi High Court," said Head of the Fertilizer Mafia Eradication Team, South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office, Soertami, in Makassar, Tuesday, May 10, quoted from Antara.

He emphasized that there is no room for the mafia to play with fertilizers in the midst of the farmers' needs, especially now that they are entering the planting period. The community is also asked to participate in supervising the distribution of fertilizers as a preventive measure and not to be afraid because it will be protected.

"The goal is to immediately take legal action according to the instructions of the Attorney General," said the Head of Information and Legal Section of the South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office stressed.

In addition, said Soertami, the Attorney General advised all his staff to be sensitive and quick in responding to these issues, considering this is an important matter for the survival of farmers and the community.

"This is a matter of the livelihood of many people, so the problem of the fertilizer mafia must be eradicated together," he added.

Previously, the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia, Sanitiar Burhanuddin, reminded all his staff to be serious in eradicating and handling cases related to community needs, such as the fertilizer mafia, the land mafia and the cooking oil mafia.

Burhanuddin also appreciated the efforts of the Pekalongan District Prosecutor's Office (Kejari) for investigating the alleged fertilizer mafia and the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office for investigating the alleged land mafia.

He also encouraged other prosecutors to take serious action in dealing with cases involving the lives of many people.

"It should be noted that the fertilizer mafia has long been troubling farmers and causing losses to the state, therefore I reiterate the heads of the high prosecutor's office and the head of the state prosecutor's office to be really serious about eradicating the fertilizer mafia," he also said.

"If necessary, you all study or imitate the handling of the Pekalongan Kejari fertilizer mafia case in understanding the pattern and modus operandi," said Burhanuddin during a virtual visit by the Indonesian Attorney General and his staff for performance evaluation and halalbihalal on Monday.