Due To Environmental Damage, PT DSSP Pays A Fine Of IDR 2.5 Billion To The State Treasury Through The East Tanjungjabung Kejari

The handover of PT DSSP fines worth IDR 2.5 billion for environmental criminal cases.(ANTARA/HO/2022)

JAMBI - PT Dewa Sawit Sari Persada (DSSP) paid a fine of IDR 2.5 billion to the state treasury through the treasurer who received the Tanjungjabung Timur District Attorney's Office, Jambi Province. Denda was handed over by the company in connection with the criminal act of environmental damage decided by the Supreme Court. East Tanjungjabung Kajari Yenita Sari stated that his party had received Rp2.5 billion as a decision on the cassation related to the environmental crime case committed by PT DSSP in 2019 for allowing the land to catch fire at that time. "Based on the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number 3854 K/PID.SUS-LH/2022, PT DSSP was subject to a fine of Rp. 2.5 billion because in 2019 the land of an oil palm plantation company owned by a corporate defendant PT Dewa Sawit Sari Persada located in Block B5, B6 and B7 Jati Mulyo Village, Dendang District, East Tanjungjabung Regency experienced a fire," he explained in an official statement received in Jambi, Antara, Wednesday, February 1. Then in this incident the defendant tried to extinguish the fire using makeshift tools that were not in accordance with the facilities and infrastructure to prevent forest fires and peatlands. In addition, based on the collection of coordinates on the land or palm oil area belonging to the defendant, which burned an area of 45.47 hectares, it has resulted in environmental damage and air pollution in Tanjungjabung Timur Regency. The land fire case was then investigated by the police and the case file reached court. Then the cassation at the Supreme Court with the plantation company's decision was subject to a fine for criminal acts of environmental destruction. The Supreme Court stated that in the cassation decision, the defendant PT Dewa Sawit Sari Persada was legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act, due to his negligence resulting in exceeded air quality standards, water quality standards, sea water quality standards, or standard criteria for environmental damage. The act is as regulated and subject to criminal penalties in Article 99 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 116 paragraph (1) letter a of Law no. 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management, as in the second indictment. Sentencing the defendant PT DSSP to pay a fine of Rp. 2.5 billion.