Jakarta
(ANTARA News) - Environmental Affairs Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta, National
Police Chief General Timur Pradopo and Attorney General Basrief Arief signed a
joint decree (SKB) on integrated environmental law enforcement here on Tuesday.
"The
joint decree will increase the effectiveness in dealing with environmental
crimes. Through this cooperation with the Police and the Attorney General,
polluters and environmental destroyers will be brought to justice,"
Environmental Affairs Minister Gusti Muhammad said.
The newly
signed SKB, which is a renewal of the SKB 2004, is considered very important because
environmental destruction and pollution continue despite the government`s
carefulness in implementing the development and exploiting natural resources.
The SKB
covers among other things coordination among the environmental affairs
ministry, the National Police and the Attorney General Office, and the
harmonization of legal perception in dealing with environmental cases.
It also
includes capacity building and competency of investigators from civil servants,
police investigation, and the law enforcement by the attorney general, data and
information exchange, and the establishment of an integrated environmental law
enforcer team.
The
environmental affairs ministry has filed 20 cases on environmental crimes to
the courts during 2009/2010 - seven were sentenced to jail, two probation, and
11 were released.
According
to the minister, the SKB would very much support the the implementation of Law
No. 32/2009 on the Environmental Protection and Management.
Since the
law was enacted, the ministry has tackled 44 cases, including 30 cases are in
the process of data and information collection, 13 cases are still being
investigated, and one case was considered by the public prosecutor as having
incomplete documents.
Editor: B Kunto Wibisono
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