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KPK Urges Govt to Form Mining Task Force

Translator

Aripin

Editor

Laila Afifa

20 December 2018 20:52 WIB

Public discussion with Tempo Investigation on 'Damages of Small Islands due to Mining' at Tempo office building, Palmerah, Jakarta, Thursday, December 20, 2018. TEMPO/Andita Rahma

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) urged the government to form a task force to supervise minerals and coal mining activities.

“Currently, enforcing the law on the field is not an easy task,” said KPK’s Coordinator of Coordinating Unit and Supervision of Prevention Dian Patria in a public discussion of Tempo Investigation on ‘Damages of Small Islands due to Mining' at Tempo office building in Jakarta on Thursday, December 20.

In the Tempo investigation report, the extreme exploitation is damaging Indonesia's islets. The mining has damaged vegetation and dredged the island. The waters are also vulnerable to being contaminated by mining materials that fall into the sea.

The mineral and coal supervisory task force is expected to be able to save other small islands in the country. This will also facilitate residents who live on the islands to report any irregular activities in mining sites.

“[I think] it will be easier [for the public] to report [any irregularities] to the task force,” said Dian, even though he did not deny the existence of security forces that were involved in the mining activity.

However, their existence seems to be misused. On Bangka Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) ships are used to transport heavy equipment. On Romang Island, Maluku, TNI and National Police officers also intimidated local residents.

Tempo Investigation Report mentions four small islands were damaged due to mining activities. The islets include Gee Island and Pakal Island in East Halmahera, North Maluku, where the land and forest are damaged due to nickel mining activities; as well as Kawe Island in Raja Ampat, Papua, where the nickel mining activities have stopped since eight years ago but the environmental damage on the 4,514-hectare island did not recover.

Meanwhile, Bangka Island in North Sulawesi is in danger of being damaged. It has not reached the stage of operation, but one side of the hill on the island is dredged for the construction of buildings and infrastructure at the mining site.

ANDITA RAHMA



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