Jakarta Administrative Court Rules Revocation of Raja Ampat Mining Permits a Public Document
The Jakarta Administrative Court (PTUN) has rejected an objection by the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to close off information on the decrees revoking four nickel mining business permits (IUP) in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua. Greenpeace says this openness of information can serve as a means to hold the companies accountable for damage that has already occurred.
A copy of ruling Number 242/G/KI/2026/PTUN.JKT obtained by the editorial team states that the panel of judges reached its decision on Monday (14 September 2026). The panel was led by Pulung Hudoprakoso, with member judges Meita Sandra Merly Lengkong and Rachmadi.
“Adjudicating. One, rejecting the objection from the objecting party. Two, upholding the ruling of the Central Information Commission Number 050/X/KIP-PSI-A/2026 dated 10 June 2026,” the ruling stated.
The objecting party in the ruling was the Secretary of the Ministry/Secretary General of the Ministry of Investment and Downstream Industry/Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM). They objected to the ruling of the Information Commission of the Republic of Indonesia Number 050/X/KIP-PSI-A/2025 dated 10 June 2026.
That ruling stated that the decrees revoking the IUPs of four companies in Raja Ampat are open documents insofar as they do not contain exempted information, and ordered BKPM to provide the information in question. The four companies are PT Anugerah Surya Pratama, PT Nurham, PT Mulia Raymond Perkasa, and PT Kawei Sejahtera Mining.
“This ruling is a small piece of good news amid the darkness surrounding information on the revocation decrees for the four nickel mining business permits (IUP) in Raja Ampat,” said Anggi Putra Prayoga, Forest Campaigner for Greenpeace Indonesia, on Monday (14 September 2026).
Anggi continued that with this Jakarta PTUN ruling, the government must stop dodging its obligation to be transparent and immediately disclose the revocation decrees, the stages of their implementation, and how to ensure the companies’ responsibility to restore environments already damaged by nickel mining on the small islands.
For almost a year now, Greenpeace Indonesia has been seeking the official documents on the revocation of the four nickel mining IUPs in Raja Ampat. Since Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia announced the revocations in June 2025, no official government document has been publicly accessible to confirm how the decision was carried out.
Greenpeace Indonesia first submitted an information request to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) in July 2025, roughly a month after public pressure mounted through the #SaveRajaAmpat campaign. The Ministry’s reply stated that revoking IUPs falls under the authority of the Ministry of Investment and Downstream Industry/BKPM. In the same month, Greenpeace wrote to BKPM, but the letter went unanswered, leading to a public information dispute at the Central Information Commission (KIP).
The dispute process at KIP ran from October 2025 to June 2026. On 10 June 2026, the KIP panel of commissioners read out a ruling granting part of Greenpeace’s lawsuit, namely that the permit revocation documents and details of their stages are open information for the public. However, information on the personal data of the companies’ owners was agreed not to be disclosed, or to be redacted.
The ruling rejected BKPM’s earlier claim that the revocation decrees were secret. Yet rather than being transparent and complying with the ruling, BKPM appealed by filing an objection with the Jakarta PTUN.
“The government’s conduct, which has been non-transparent about the revocation decrees from the start, is truly baffling. What exactly is being covered up if even the decrees are not disclosed?” said Arie Rompas, Head of the Forest Campaign Team at Greenpeace Indonesia.
A healthy business and investment climate, Arie added, also requires openness and legal certainty. For the public, transparency is essential to ensure the accountability of the government and companies in handling the nickel mining problems in Raja Ampat.
Arie said Greenpeace is pressing for full and permanent protection of Raja Ampat from destructive industrial activity, as well as law enforcement to protect small islands and conservation areas on land and at sea. The Raja Ampat archipelago is a vital ecosystem whose land and waters are home to indigenous peoples and local communities, and whose waters hold the world’s greatest marine biodiversity.