2 Land Burners In Rokan Hilir Arrested By Police

The Rokan Hilir Police, Riau Province, arrested the father and son with the initials NW (40) and AI (17) after being identified for deliberately burning land, causing the fire to spread in Air Hitam Hamlet, Pujud District, Rokan Hilir Regency.

"It's true, we have arrested two perpetrators who deliberately set fire in Pujud District on Friday," said Head of Rohil Police AKBP Andrian Pramudianto as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, May 20.

The land fire occurred on Thursday (18/5) morning, which was known from the monitoring of the Rohil Police Command Center operator.

Mengetahui adanya titik api yang terdeteksi, Bhabinkamtibmas Polsek Pujud segera menuju ke lokasi dan melihat lahan yang sudah terbakar.

The Pujud Police then conducted a crime scene (TKP). It is known that the location is a production forest area.

After a series of investigations, it was discovered that the fire was the work of two men with the initials NW and AI. The area of land burned is more than four hectares.

"Initially, the blackout was carried out first. Then the results of the mapping of the coordinates of the location of the burning on the map of the production forest area," he continued.

Based on the results of the interrogation, the two perpetrators admitted that the arson was ordered by the land owner with the initials H.

The two perpetrators then burned the piles of wood they had collected before. Around the wood, there are weeds that have been sprayed and died.

"Cleaning the land by burning aims to kill the many rat pests on the land," said Andrian.

To clean the land, the two perpetrators each received a wage of Rp. 100,000.

"We will not provide space for forest and land fire players, especially in the jurisdiction of the Rohil Police. The impact of forest and land fires caused by them can harm many people," he concluded.

As a result of their actions, the two perpetrators were charged with Article 108 in conjunction with Article 69 paragraph (1) letter h in conjunction with Article 98 paragraph (1) or Article 99 paragraph (1) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management, or Article 78 paragraph (3) or Article 78 paragraph (4) in conjunction with Article 50 paragraph (2) letter b in Article 36 of Law No.11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation on amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia no.41 of 1999 concerning Forestry.