Metro Police Arrest 30 People In The Land Mafia Case, 13 BPN Employees, Village Heads And Civilians Involved

Press conference on the disclosure of the land mafia case at Polda Metro Jaya, Jakarta/ ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Sub-Directorate of Assets and Property (Sub-Directorate of Harda) of the Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) of the Metro Jaya Police has arrested 30 people suspected of being involved in land cases.

Director of General Criminal Investigation (Dirreskrimum) Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Hengki Haryadi said the dozens of suspects consisted of various professional fields.

Noted, 13 of them are employees of the National Land Agency (BPN) office, two are State Civil Apparatuses (ASN). Furthermore, two people are Village Heads, one is a banking employee and the remaining 12 are civilians.

"We have named 30 suspects. We have arrested 25 people," explained Hengki Haryadi at the Metro Jaya Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Monday, July 18.

For the number of victims as many as 12 people. While the land in the case starts from assets owned by the government, legal entities, and individuals. One of the victims of the land mafia case is the family of celebrity Nirina Zubir who suffered material losses of up to Rp17 billion.

"There are still many people who are not aware that they are victims of the land mafia," said Hengki.

Furthermore, he said the suspects had different roles, one of which was in charge of finding targets in the form of vacant land without any signposts.

"There are suspects who are in charge of making fake documents and as liaisons with BPN elements to BPN elements who play a role in issuing certificates," said Hengki.

The suspects are subject to Article 55 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 56 of the Criminal Code for the initial crime, namely Article 263 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 264 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 266 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 372 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 3,4,5 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia. No. 8 of 2010, and/or Article 170 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 167 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.