The Papuan Customary Council (DAP) has spoken out regarding a\nunilateral statement by Investment Minister and BKPM Head Bahlil\nLahadalia suggesting that the suspected criminal nickel mining case in\nthe Raja Ampat world conservation area, South West Papua, should be\nresolved through customary law.<\/p>\n
DAP Secretary General Yan Christian Warinussy firmly rejected\npolitical intervention in the handling of the matter. According to him,\nthe legal process must be upheld rather than obscured under the pretext\nof baseless customary settlement.<\/p>\n
\u201cDAP cannot remain silent watching attempts to divert the course of\njustice. The alleged environmental crimes and legal violations in nickel\nmining activities on Gag Island and the Raja Ampat area are criminal\nmatters, not customary disputes,\u201d he stated in an official\nstatement.<\/p>\n
Warinussy strongly dismissed Bahlil\u2019s suggestion that the case should\nbe settled through customary means. \u201cWe affirm that Bahlil Lahadalia is\nnot a son of Papuan customary law. Both structurally and substantively,\nhe lacks the cultural capacity to direct the resolution of this case\nthrough Papuan customary mechanisms. What he has conveyed contradicts\nlegal logic and threatens the existence of the state\u2019s positive law,\u201d he\nsaid sharply.<\/p>\n
DAP reminded that under Law Number 8 of 1981 concerning the Criminal\nProcedure Code (KUHAP), only the Indonesian National Police has the\nauthority to investigate suspected criminal offences. The council\ntherefore gave its full support to National Police Chief General Listyo\nSigit Prabowo, particularly the Directorate of Specific Crimes\n(Tipidter) of the Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim), to\nthoroughly expose the nickel mining exploitation deemed to have damaged\nthe world conservation area.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/papuan-customary-council-rejects-minister-bahlils-call-to-settle-raja-ampat-nickel-mining-case-through-1771248121", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }