Riau Lingga Police Resort Secure The 2 Forest Burners

TRIBUNBATAM.id -  In addition to preventing the forest and land fires (Karhutla), the Lingga Police Station also does not play with the unscrupulous forest and land burners. 

Today, the Lingga Police, Kepri, secured and cracked down on land owners along with their workers who deliberately cleared the land by burning in the Lanjut Village, Singkep Pesisir District, Lingga Regency. 

Lingga Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Joko Adi Nugroho said, the arrest was due to information from the residents who claimed to be uneasy with the land burning activities that carried out by one of the residents in the Lanjut Village. 

After checking, the land burning action was proven and immediately dealt with. 

"So far we are still doing an inspection, namely the land owner along with his workers," Adi said by telephone on Tuesday (9/24/2019). 

Not only in the Lanjut Village, Adi said, his party was also secured the residents who cleared the land by burning it in Air Merah Village, Singkep Barat District. 

The land owner is also still being investigated by the Lingga Police Resort Satreskrim investigator. 

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Adi further said that in the near future, the Lingga Police will hold the cases on that two cases. 

If enough evidence that has been fulfilled, the Lingga Police will raise the case to be investigated, which of course there will be determined as a suspect. 

Adi asserted, his party was not playing with this case of forest fire. People who deliberately burn the land will be charged with Article 187 of the Indonesian Criminal Code. 

The article states that anyone who intentionally causes an explosion, fire or flood will be sentenced to a maximum of 12 years in prison. 

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In addition, the perpetrators will also be charged with additional rules, namely Article 108 of RI Law No. 39 of 2014 which states that every plantation business actor who clears or manages land by burning as Article 56 Paragraph 1, will be sentenced to a maximum of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of IDR 10 billion. 

Then RI Law No. 41 of 1999 was changed to RI Law No. 18 of 2013 concerning of Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction, and RI Law No. 32 of 2009 concerning about Environmental Protection and Management. 

"We also hope that the active role of the community in reporting if they see Karhutla around the settlement," he concluded. (*) 

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