Attorney General's Affirmation on State Wealth

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Attorney General ST Burhanuddin, as Deputy Chair I of the Forest Area Control Task Force (Satgas PKH), has emphasised that there must be no further leakage of state wealth. “There must be no more leakage of state wealth that harms national interests and public welfare,” he said during the Handover of Administrative Fines and Forest Area Land by Satgas PKH at the Attorney General’s Building, Jakarta, on Wednesday. He further stressed that there must be no more control of natural resources by a handful of parties that ignores principles of justice and benefits for society. In addition, he asserted that there must be no more entrepreneurs exploiting Indonesia’s wealth illegally and fleeing money abroad. Through Satgas PKH, the leader of the Adhyaksa Corps emphasised that law enforcement must be present firmly and must not be defeated by any force. On Wednesday, Satgas PKH handed over money worth Rp10 trillion from administrative fines to the state treasury. The Attorney General said that the handover of a total of Rp10,270,051,886,464.00 represents transparency and accountability in the task force’s performance to the public. He detailed that the total amount comes from the collection of administrative fines in the forestry sector and Satgas PKH amounting to Rp3,423,742,672,359, as well as tax receipts from follow-up actions by Satgas PKH amounting to Rp6,846,309,214,105. In addition to the money, Satgas PKH also handed over 2.37 million hectares of forest area land that has been successfully reclaimed to the state. He detailed that the millions of hectares of land handed over in the seventh phase consist of the revocation of concession permits covering 733,180.200 hectares from 29 legal entities. Then, the revocation of business permits for forest utilisation covering 1,045,219 hectares from 22 legal entities. Furthermore, violations in palm oil and industrial plantation forest areas covering 420,472.2 hectares from 159 legal entities. Finally, plasma obligations covering 192,300.32 hectares from 106 legal entities.