Deputy Investment Minister Claims Thuggery Disruptions to Investment Activities Declining
JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Investment and Downstreaming/Deputy Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Todotua Pasaribu, has claimed that thuggery disruptions to investment activities in Indonesia are now beginning to decline.
This was affirmed during the National Conference of the Industrial Estate Association (Munas HKI) on Thursday (19/6/2025).
Todotua stated that weekly reports from regional police chiefs indicate improving conditions. "Every week our colleagues, the regional police chiefs, provide reports, and the situation has significantly improved now," he said.
According to him, the government is actively conducting road shows abroad to meet directly with investors and discuss various obstacles encountered on the ground, including issues of thuggery and licensing.
He also emphasised that the government will always follow up on reports of thuggery, given that numerous cases of extortion by thugs have caused investors to withdraw from cooperation with Indonesia.
"Because we can calculate, can't we, the costs incurred from thuggery, licensing issues, and everything else. The figure is 15 to 20 per cent — how are people going to want to invest in our country," he explained.
This was affirmed during the National Conference of the Industrial Estate Association (Munas HKI) on Thursday (19/6/2025).
Todotua stated that weekly reports from regional police chiefs indicate improving conditions. "Every week our colleagues, the regional police chiefs, provide reports, and the situation has significantly improved now," he said.
According to him, the government is actively conducting road shows abroad to meet directly with investors and discuss various obstacles encountered on the ground, including issues of thuggery and licensing.
He also emphasised that the government will always follow up on reports of thuggery, given that numerous cases of extortion by thugs have caused investors to withdraw from cooperation with Indonesia.
"Because we can calculate, can't we, the costs incurred from thuggery, licensing issues, and everything else. The figure is 15 to 20 per cent — how are people going to want to invest in our country," he explained.