Jakarta, 29 April 2013. Violence, arrogance and criminalization Police with PTPN VII Sweet Love South Sumatra in 2013, when people just do not feel the justice of the raid by the police to Limbang Jaya village last year in the form of a series of violence in addition to serious injuries resulting in some residents also killed a boy named Anga.

A series of violence and criminalization is motivated by the demands of farmers so that there is an evaluation of the concession area of ​​6,500 hectares PTPN VII, and the return of the remaining land to the farmers. where from 20,500 acres controlled, PTPN VII Sweet Love getting new concession area of ​​6,500 hectares, while about 13,500 land worked by PTPN VII has no legal basis because of the HGU certificates not received BPN. Territory controlled by PTPN VII Sweet Love by farmers has led to the recognition of conflicts since 1982 have come by way of appropriation and manipulation as well as a series of intimidation. Such as compensation for Rp. 150,000 per hectare, but the farmers only get a payment of Rp 25,000 per hectare. In addition there pengkerdilan land area because of the size of land that farmers are paid not according to the broad set by the Committee 9. And the intimidation if refuse or give up land to the allegations in the Cap as a member of the PKI.

Practice of land grabbing and land management with criminalization that is incompatible with the right to cultivate as above has a modus operandi which relied on by PTPN, such as:

PTPN II North Sumatra, an area of ​​38611.19 Ha Ha controlled 17062.1562 allegedly problematic, in 1968, six people were arrested and sentenced to community leaders.
PTPN XIV Takalar in the province from 6500 ha concession about 1300 ha in 12 villages in the two districts currently disputing with the state enterprise is also controlled by force, a result was recorded in 2009 6 (six) people wounded by gunfire and another 17 people were arrested. Furthermore,
HGU PTPN VIII Dayeuh gig western Java area of ​​790 acres is currently conflict with residents in an area of ​​400 acres beyond the end of 2012 HGU ago 1 criminalize farmers. Further
PTPN VII Unit Pino Talo Bengkulu residents annexed all the land owned at least 518 acres for the nucleus, and learned of the test results by BPN Bengkulu region, 2012, found that residents evicted soil rejuvenation in 2010 ago and imprisoned 20 people, including activists, turns out HGU.

Semanjak in 2008, as if repeating PTPN PTPN phase where the original 1980s called PTP began to open up a variety of tree crops in several Indonesian islands, deploying money and depriving the state apparatus in the name of development and intimidating farmers.

Table. Criminalization correlation with conflict raised PTPN

Area
Widely-held

Hectare

Without HGU / Conflict Victims Victims criminalizing violence last 5 years
PTPN VII sweet love Sumsel 20,500 acres 13,500 acres 26 people arrested
1 person dies

3 Injured

PTPN II SUMUT, 17062.1562 38611.19 Ha Ha
PTPN XIV South Sulawesi Takalar 6500 ha 1300 ha concession arrested 6 people wounded by gunfire and
PTPN VIII Dayeuh Java Manggung 790 acres 400 acres outside HGU 1 person arrested
PTPN VII Unit Bengkulu Pino Talo 400 20 518 hectares of the residents including a dozen activists were injured

In eastern Java, Plantation PTPN obtained from the Netherlands, PTPN XII Manggaran Jember (East Java) This area is land nationalization in the time of independence, was once the land concession No. I was registered in the name Landbow Maatshapptj Oud Jember. Under Act – Act 86 of 1958 Jo.Peraturan Government. 19 Year 1959 on Nationalization Company – owned by the Dutch company, the land was designated as the Indonesian government asset, then handed over to PT. Plantation XXIII (Persero). Based on the Decree of the Minister of Home Affairs No.. 36/HGU/DA/1987 Date 29 September 1987. Dated 29 September 1987 granted the land area of ​​10.279.400M2 GHU (1,027.940 Ha, before measured). then published leasehold No.. 1 Village Mangaran, Situation Picture dated 28-12 -1990 No.4936 / 1990, covering an area of ​​10,435,320 m2 (1,043,532 ha) after the measurements were taken by the National Land Agency.

Since 1965 farmers working on the land until recently (2009-2013) farmers cultivate only the land area of ​​47.3 hectares of the total land area of ​​1043.53 ha PTPN XII HGU already depleted force HGU 1 year ago. Waiver process has been done many times, but still there was no realization and of the processes that occur criminalizing farmers 2.

Pengerahaan excessive forces and the use of the State budget does not significantly influence the development of Himself as the company PTPN State. When you see the burden of the State to finance the cost of production in the area of ​​the region that is claimed PTPN and compare it to the real widespread HGU, alleged corruption worth menggrogoti actual operation and production of this state.

Contact Person:

Zenzi Suhadi – WALHI,

Tama S. Langkun – ICW,

Ronald Siahaan – SW,

Agung Wibowo – Huma,

Kent – KPA