Jakarta \u2014 West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi has spoken out about\nthuggery in the province, stating that the practice has taken root down\nto the local government level.<\/p>\n
Dedi made the remarks after signing an agreement with the Ministry of\nMarine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) on the revitalisation of 20,000\nhectares of fish ponds along Java\u2019s north coast (Pantura). He stressed\nthat the pond revitalisation in West Java is a strategic project that\nmust not be disrupted by anyone, including criminal extortionists.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur duty as the provincial government is, firstly, to explain to the\npublic that this is a strategic project. Strategic projects must not be\ninterfered with. Because in the past in West Java, whenever people heard\nabout a project, everyone from village heads to various other parties\nsaw it as money,\u201d Dedi said at the signing ceremony for the Memorandum\nof Agreement on the Pantura Pond Revitalisation Programme at the KKP\noffice in Central Jakarta on Wednesday, 25 June 2025.<\/p>\n
Dedi explained that various development activities in West Java have\nbeen tainted by extortion. He affirmed that the revitalisation project\nwould be kept entirely free of thuggery, so that it could benefit\nfishermen \u2014 from employment in aquaculture operations and pond\nmanagement to working in production processing.<\/p>\n
\u201cVehicles entering must pay, unloading rocks must pay, installing\nnets must pay. This thuggery in West Java must end \u2014 finished, gone, no\nmore,\u201d Dedi added.<\/p>\n
The government plans to revitalise Pantura fish ponds over the next\ntwo years, covering a total area of 78,550 hectares. This year, the\ngovernment is targeting the revitalisation of 20,413.25 hectares across\nfour West Java regencies: Bekasi, Karawang, Subang and Indramayu.<\/p>\n
Of this total, Bekasi has 8,188.49 hectares of prospective pond land,\nKarawang has 6,979.51 hectares, Subang has 2,369.76 hectares, and\nIndramayu has 2,875.48 hectares \u2014 the majority of which is state-owned\nland earmarked for revitalisation.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/west-java-governor-vows-to-eradicate-thuggery-plaguing-development-projects-1771249990", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }