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Forest Task Force Seizes 111,000 Hectares of Illegal Coal-Mining Land in Bukit Soeharto

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • Indonesia’s Forest Area Enforcement Task Force took action against PT Singlurus Pratama over illegal coal mining in Bukit Soeharto Forest Park, East Kalimantan.
  • The affected area covers 111.71 hectares in a forest zone near the future national capital, Nusantara.
  • The government set a potential administrative fine of 147.3 billion rupiah after a field verification found the company had mined without the required permit.

Indonesia’s Forest Area Enforcement Task Force has seized control of 111.71 hectares in Bukit Soeharto Forest Park, where PT Singlurus Pratama allegedly carried out coal mining without the required forest-use permit.

The task force visited the former mining site in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, on Aug. 31, 2026. Military and prosecutors’ personnel installed notification boards at the location in Samboja.

Kuntadi, the task force’s chief executive, said a joint team had verified the company’s use of the forest area, which serves as a buffer zone for Indonesia’s future capital, Nusantara. He said the affected land lies within a conservation forest in Bukit Soeharto Forest Park.

“Based on the results of the field verification conducted by the joint task force team, PT Singlurus Pratama has been legally and convincingly proven to have carried out illegal coal-mining activities,” Kuntadi said in a statement issued in Jakarta.

The government set a potential administrative fine of 147.3 billion rupiah for using the forest area without permission. The action forms part of the task force’s broader enforcement against companies accused of illegal mining in forest areas.

Based on the results of the field verification conducted by the joint task force team, PT Singlurus Pratama has been legally and convincingly proven to have carried out illegal coal-mining activities.

— KuntadiThe task force chief described the findings of the field inspection.
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