Indonesia: environmental defender receives threatening phone call
Event- Country
- Indonesia
- Initial Date
- Mar 21, 2022
- Event Description
Often highlighting the alleged illegal mining of PT. Rajawali and CS8 along with the alleged involvement of police officers, activists in Southeast Sulawesi were terrorized by unknown people (OTK)
It is known that the company is not registered with MODI ESDM and does not have an IPPKH, in fact the Southeast Sulawesi Forestry Service Signpost has been installed which explains that the area is included in a forest area and the KLHK Gakum Sign and Tipidter Police Headquarters regarding the prohibition of activities in the area.
One of the activists who is the Chairman of the Mining Circle Network (JLP) Wawan Soneangkano who often highlights companies operating in the Marombo Block, Lasolo District, North Konawe Regency several times has received terror from the autocrats.
"We suspect the company and its backers are uncomfortable with our spotlight, so some people who are suspected to be company people terrorize over the phone," he said.
Wawan also explained that the terror had worsened after he previously filed a complaint regarding the alleged involvement of SGT police officers in the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police.
"On March 21, 2022, at 18:32 to be exact, I got a call from one of the people claiming to be part of the company that I complained to at the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police as well as a member of the police who I complained about in a conspiracy alleged to be illegal mining, namely CPT as the main director and SGT Police Officer. During the conversation, the person claiming to be from the company used language to warn me to be careful, and said that I should stop investigating the alleged Illegal Mining of PT. CS8 which does not have that IUP. If not I will report back. Even the person who claimed to be from the company said he would meet me at the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police so that I could no longer go home or go straight to prison. After that the phone died. After the phone died, I tried to search for the number through the application. And after that, I also found out that the person who had just finished calling me was named Pak Dydit,” he explained.
He also regrets his complaint regarding the alleged illegal mining of PT. Rajawali and CS8, which have entered their third month, have not made any progress, and for this reason, they will complain to the Criminal Investigation Unit at the National Police Headquarters.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Environmental rights defender
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Suspected non-state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: -3.987599195926001
Longitude: 122.52588359016886
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 21 March 2022, Wawan Soneangkano, Chairman of the Mining Ring Network (JLP), received a threatening phone call to stop reporting to police mining operations by a company allegedly lacking licence in Kendari, Indonesia.