inp.polri.go.id – Manado. The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry’s Law Enforcement Team regulate the activities of Unlicensed Gold Mining (PETI) at the location of PT. Bulawan Daya Lestari (BDL), Bolaang Mongondow Regency (Bolmang), North Sulawesi (Sulut), which has been operating without a valid Borrow-to-Use Forest Area Permit (IPPKH).
Ministry of Environment and Forestry’s Director General of Planology (PKTL), Ruandha Agung Sugardiman, confirmed the sudden inspection carried out by the Central Joint Team on Saturday (09/11/2021).
After there were complaints and complaints from residents who said there were still mining activities in the area, he revealed that there were still prospecting activities in the area. Ruandha then asked the Director-General of Planology Law Enforcement to carry out inspections in the field to ensure the truth.
“We have received several reports from the public. After that, we convey this to the Director-General of Law Enforcement to be able to inspect in the field whether it is true that reports from the public are activities in the area that are still being carried out,” said Ruandha, Thursday (09/16 ). on line.
“The team of the Directorate General of Law and Human Rights, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigation Agency of the National Police Headquarter, conducted a field inspection and those who had installed the police line were given a sign that it was forbidden to carry out activities before the licensing process that we carried out was completed first,” he continued.
He continued, this step is proof that the state is present. According to him, the sensitivity of the state is currently really being tested in responding to the community. If there is something that is not in accordance with the regulations, it will respond quickly.
“With speed, we make good and positive responses to the community as well as to the investment world and to the international world that the state is present in every problem that exists at the field level,” said Ruandha.
Then related to Indonesia’s global commitment, he emphasized that Indonesia contributed globally to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from five main sectors, namely forestry, energy, industry, waste and agriculture.
“With the efforts made by Indonesia to enforce the law, especially regarding the protection of the environment, it maintains Indonesia’s commitment internationally, how we can contribute significantly at the global level to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions,” he concluded.
(my/bq/hy)
