5 Hectare Jeruk Lemon In Jatibarang Reservoir Semarag Is Damaged Due To Illegal Implementation, Farmers Report To Police

Members of farmer groups around the Jatibarang Reservoir showed photos of crop damage due to illegal logging when reporting to the police, Thursday, January 26. (ANTARA / IC Senjaya)

JATENG - The illegal logging is suspected to have occurred in the green belt area of Banjarsari Village, Jatibarang Reservoir, Semarang City. The farmer group whose fields were affected by the logging reported to the police.

The report was submitted by 10 members of the farmer group because their Jeruk Lemon tree was damaged by illegal logging activities.

"There are about 100 trees damaged by tree cutting activities in the area," said Widodo, a member of a farmer group in Banjarsari Village, when reporting to the Semarang Polrestabes, Thursday, January 26, as reported by Antara.

Widodo said the damaged Jeruk Lemon tree stands on a 5-hectare land. He said it had been planted three years ago.

He said that there had been a statement letter signed by the person in charge of logging or felling trees in Banjarsari Village, named Asikin.

"There is a statement stating that it is able to replace the trees that have been cut down," he added.

According to him, the person who had made the statement letter was reported to the police.

He said the loss due to damage to the plant was estimated at hundreds of millions of rupiah.

Previously, the police arrested 15 perpetrators of illegal logging on the edge of the Jatibarang Reservoir, Semarang City, on January 12, 2023.

The 15 people who were arrested acted as foreman and cutting workers and wood carriers.

Dozens of illegal offenders claimed to have been hired by a person with the initials E who claimed to have a permit from the River Basin Center.

From the illegal logging activity that has been taking place since December 28, 2022, the perpetrators admitted that there were about 15 trucks carrying sengon wood from the Jatibarang area that were sold to a company in Kendal.