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Police Chief Says Eight Companies Are Being Investigated Over Forest Fires

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

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

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  • Indonesian police are processing eight companies over suspected involvement in forest and land fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra.
  • Police have opened 200 reports and detained or identified 138 suspects, including 119 accused of deliberately burning land and 18 accused of negligence.
  • Authorities are examining 60 companies already facing administrative sanctions to determine whether they may also have committed criminal offenses.

Indonesian police are processing eight companies over forest and land fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, according to National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo.

Sigit gave the figures during an online limited meeting with President Prabowo Subianto on Monday. The president had asked him to report the total number of people responsible for the fires.

There are 200 police reports that we are currently processing. There are 138 suspects we have detained.

· Listyo Sigit PrabowoThe national police chief gave the current case totals during an online meeting with President Prabowo Subianto.

Police are currently handling 200 reports, Sigit said, and have detained or designated 138 suspects. Of those cases, 119 involved people who allegedly set fires deliberately to clear land, while 18 involved people found to have acted negligently and caused fires.

There are 119 deliberate cases and 18 cases of negligence. Then there are eight corporations we are processing.

· Listyo Sigit PrabowoSigit described the breakdown of suspected individual conduct and the corporate investigations.

Authorities are also examining 60 companies that have already received administrative sanctions, including the freezing or revocation of permits. The review aims to determine whether those companies were involved in criminal activity that caused fires.

Sigit said companies proven to have burned land would be processed under criminal law. He added that the figures could continue to rise as teams working in the field develop the cases.

If they also committed a crime, we will process them, sir. So this figure will continue to move and increase as the teams currently working in the field proceed.

· Listyo Sigit PrabowoHe said companies found criminally responsible would face further processing.
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Originally published by CNN Indonesia in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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