Jakarta – The Forest Area Control Task Force (PKH) has identified and mapped companies suspected of causing floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra. They want to determine who is responsible for the disaster that caused the loss of hundreds of lives. “That the PKH task force has taken steps to identify criminal acts and will then determine who is criminally responsible for the disaster that occurred,” the chief executive officer of the PKH task force, Febrie Adriansyah, said after a coordination meeting with the TNI, Polri and the ministry at the AGO building, South Jakarta, on Monday (15/12/2025). He explained that this step was taken together with the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Forestry and the Prosecutor’s Office. In fact, until now, the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit has moved to deal with one of the companies, namely PT TBS. Scroll TO CONTINUE CONTENTS “We have mapped out which companies caused this disaster. We already know the identities, we already know the locations, we already know what kind of criminal acts took place,” explains the man who is also the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General’s Office. He continued, the legal process does not only target individuals. They will ensure that corporations receive sanctions if violations are found. “Legal subjects deemed responsible, not only individuals, but also corporations will be subject to criminal liability. Apart from that, they will be subject to administrative sanctions in the form of license evaluations,” he added. He added that companies with criminal indictments included improper licensing. For example, a permit is issued in a protected forest area. “Then there were also actions when he managed the permit. Whether it was the logging process, yes, then also the process of damage to the environment,” he said. Furthermore, Dansatgas PKH Major TNI Dody Triwinarno said that dozens of companies have been identified that have committed violations. His transgression is thought to have caused a disaster. “For those in Aceh, the temporary presumption is that those directly affected, those directly related to the DAS (River Watershed), are 9 PTs,” said Dody. “For those in North Sumatra, the watersheds in Batang Toru, the Garoga River, then the one in Langkat, including the landslides there, there are 8, including the PHT group (land rights holders),” he added. Apart from that, there are 14 companies in West Sumatra province that are suspected of committing violations. They will be criminally prosecuted if proven to have committed a crime that caused a disaster. (lir/lir)