Pontianak, W Kalimantan (ANTARA) – The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri) has recommended revoking the business permits of 23 corporations allegedly responsible for severe forest and land fires across Indonesia, officials announced Thursday.
The recommendation follows nationwide investigations that identified recurring blazes within corporate concession boundaries, ignition points originating inside company lands, insufficient firefighting infrastructure, and burned areas exceeding 500 hectares.
“The recommendation is based on the findings of forest and land fire investigations conducted by police ranks across multiple regions in Indonesia,” Bareskrim Head Police Commissioner General Asep Safrudin said.
Police data reveals 104 official reports regarding corporate liability involving 29,168 hectares of scorched land, with 20 companies already named suspects.
West Kalimantan leads regional enforcement, processing 33 corporate cases.
Alongside corporate inquiries, law enforcement has intensified crackdowns on individual offenders, filing 287 reports and designating 245 individuals as suspects in connection with fires burning roughly 5,859 hectares.
Safrudin emphasized that inquiries rely on scientific criminal investigation methods to satisfy evidentiary standards, adding that final permit revocation authority rests with authorized ministry regulators.
Translator: Rendra Oxtora, Uyu Liman
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