Cassava farmers working on Lampung Provincial Government land in Kota Baru demonstrate at the South Lampung Police Station.

This was the result of a farmer named Tini who worked on Lampung Provincial Government land in Kota Baru, South Lampung.

She was policed ​​on suspicion of damaging a tractor unit while defending her farm which was evicted in March 2024.

This is registered with the police report number STTPL/B/120/III/2024/SPKT/Polda Lampung.

Most recently, Tini has begun to be questioned regarding the report on Friday (17/5/2204).

As a result of Tini's questioning by the police, hundreds of farmers cultivating Lampung Provincial Government land in Kota Baru raided the police station.

To be precise, at the South Lampung Police Station, hundreds of farmers came in six trucks.

They reject the criminalization of their colleague Tini.

"The farmers used six trucks from Kota Baru to the South Lampung Police. They carried posters containing their demands and rejection of all forms of criminalization against farmers," said the farmer's legal assistant from LBH Bandar Lampung Prabowo Pamungkas, Saturday 18/5/2024).

He said that the arrival of hundreds of farmers was not only to reject the criminalization of Tini, but also to support their colleague.

"This is done by farmers as a form of solidarity with fellow farmers in terms of defending their cultivation rights," he said.

The figure of Tini, among farmers cultivating Lampung Provincial Government land in Kota Baru, is quite well known.

He said Tini was vocal in defending farmers against the land rental policy issued by the Lampung Provincial Government for this land.

The policy is in 2022, the farmer claims, the land has been cultivated since the 1950s and there was no order to pay before that.