Against The State And Damaged The Environment, The DPR Asks The Police To BE Strict In Illegal Mining In Southeast Sulawesi

Illegal mining in Papua (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Commission III of the DPR RI has asked the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police (Polda Sultra) to take firm action against illegal miners (illegal mining) who are very detrimental to the state and damage the environment. This was said by members of the DPR who made a recess working visit to the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police, Wednesday, February 22. During the visit, member of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives Johan Budi Sapto Pribowo also asked the ranks of the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police not only to routinely patrol illegal mining areas, but immediately take action if found guilty. He saw that patrols were carried out by the police, it was important to minimize the theft of the results of the browser. "In our opinion, don't just patrol but what the results will be. Illegal mining has been prosecuted or not." said Johan Budi in his statement Friday, February 24. Patrol is important, but more importantly how to handle illegal mining mining that not only damages the environment but also greatly harms the state. I think that's more important, ” continued Johan Budi. In line with Johan Budi, Member of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives Arteria Dahlan specifically mentioned the alleged illegal mining activities on Wawanii Small Island, Konawe Islands (Konkep) Regency, Southeast Sulawesi.

Arteria also admitted that previously the people of Konkep had won a lawsuit at the Kendari State Administrative Court and the Supreme Court regarding the use of space on Wawanii Island so that it could not be mined. “ There is illegal activity there (Wagoni Island), spatially it has received the decision of the TUN (State Business Service) which was won by the people, the Supreme Court's decision has also been won," said Arteria. in response to this, the Southeast Sulawesi Police Chief, Inspector General Pol Teguh Pristiwanto said that in the next one or two days, his party promised to deploy a special team to see the problem. "After we did another check, we will do it based on the report we received," he concluded.