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        "id": 2048496,
        "msgid": "prabowo-says-human-activity-is-behind-forest-and-land-fires-orders-investigation-1792579933",
        "date": "2026-10-21 16:25:12",
        "title": "Prabowo Says Human Activity Is Behind Forest and Land Fires, Orders Investigation",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto says investigations indicate that Indonesia\u2019s forest and land fires are not purely natural and may involve deliberate burning and corporate responsibility. He has ordered the police, prosecutors and relevant ministries, with military and intelligence support, to investigate and says companies found to have breached the law could lose their permits.",
        "content": "<p>President Prabowo Subianto has said that forest and land fires in\nIndonesia are not caused solely by natural factors, and that there are\nsuspicions of human involvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrothers and sisters, our field investigations have found that\nforest and land fires are not purely natural. There is human\ninvolvement, and in my view we must address this carefully and\nthoroughly,\u201d Prabowo said during a briefing at a Cabinet meeting at the\nState Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday (21 October 2026).<\/p>\n<p>He said several companies may also have been involved in the fires,\nand called on the National Police, the Attorney General\u2019s Office and\nrelevant ministries to investigate fully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask the police, the prosecutors and the Ministry of Forestry, with\nsupport from the military and intelligence services, to investigate,\nbecause it turns out that many companies are also responsible,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo also referred to reports from members of the public who had\ncaught individuals deliberately setting fires. He described land burning\nas \u201cenvironmental terrorism\u201d that must not be taken lightly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have also caught various individuals deliberately setting\nfires. We can regard this as environmental terrorism. It is a crime\nagainst humanity, because what they are doing endangers the health of\nmillions of our people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo said the government would take firm action against those who\ndeliberately set fires and revoke the permits of companies found to have\nviolated the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must not take this lightly. We will now tackle it on a massive\nscale, and we will also investigate it thoroughly. This time, I am\nsorry, we can no longer act as if it were business as usual,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the evidence is clear, we will act; we will revoke all permits\nheld by companies that have violated the law. And, for certain countries\nthat like to insult the Indonesian nation, in due course we will expose\nthe companies,\u201d Prabowo added.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/prabowo-says-human-activity-is-behind-forest-and-land-fires-orders-investigation-1792579933",
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