Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami 
Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Antara / Mahinda Arkyasa
Due to the fact that most of the productive lands in Indonesia are owned by heads of regional governments and investors, farmers are unable to develop their agricultural activities.
In a seminar on Tuesday (4/12), Hendarman Supandji, Head of the Indonesian Land Agency (BPN), explained that farmers do not own the land they work on and the presence of investors that own the land—which is supposed to be owned by farmers—causes many land disputes.
Hendarman informed that farmers only have 2,000 to 5,000 hectares of land to work on, which they do not own. Such land, as he stated, is not enough to fulfill farmers’ living needs.
There is also a head of regional government who owns one million hectares of land. Although the land title is divided among the person’s families and relatives, such ownership of land by a government official contradicts laws and regulations.
Hendarman said that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) can investigate the wrongful ownership. He said that the process is easy because KPK does not have to prove ownership, but rather the onus to prove ownership is on the land’s owner.
According to land-related laws and regulations, a person may only own two hectares of land at most in a densely populated area and four hectares of land at most in a low populated area.
(hot/jt)
Antara / Mahinda Arkyasa
Due to the fact that most of the productive lands in Indonesia are owned by heads of regional governments and investors, farmers are unable to develop their agricultural activities.
In a seminar on Tuesday (4/12), Hendarman Supandji, Head of the Indonesian Land Agency (BPN), explained that farmers do not own the land they work on and the presence of investors that own the land—which is supposed to be owned by farmers—causes many land disputes.
Hendarman informed that farmers only have 2,000 to 5,000 hectares of land to work on, which they do not own. Such land, as he stated, is not enough to fulfill farmers’ living needs.
There is also a head of regional government who owns one million hectares of land. Although the land title is divided among the person’s families and relatives, such ownership of land by a government official contradicts laws and regulations.
Hendarman said that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) can investigate the wrongful ownership. He said that the process is easy because KPK does not have to prove ownership, but rather the onus to prove ownership is on the land’s owner.
According to land-related laws and regulations, a person may only own two hectares of land at most in a densely populated area and four hectares of land at most in a low populated area.
(hot/jt)