he Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry/the National Land Agency (BPN) has confirmed that two private companies own land on the shoreline facing the “mysterious” sea fence in the coastal waters of Tangerang regency, Banten, and has promised to investigate any potential links between the companies and the illegal barrier.
The bamboo sea fence has in the past weeks puzzled the public as questions continued to be asked as to who built it, for what purpose and how authorities could have been “uninformed” about the 30-kilometer barrier’s construction, which required complicated logistics and a great deal of effort to construct.
Interested parties took the initiative to check with the BPN official database to determine which individual or entities own the rights to land facing the fence, sparking widespread speculation on social media that a number of private companies could have misused their permits to build the barrier as part of a reclamation project.
Amid the intense scrutiny, BPN head Nusron Wahid confirmed on Monday that a company called PT Intan Agung Makmur held right-to-build permits (HGB) to 234 of the 263 land plots across from the fence. Another company, PT Cahaya Inti Sentosa, owns HGB permits to 20 plots of land, while the remaining plots are owned by unnamed individuals.
In addition to that, authorities have issued land ownership certificates (SHM) for 17 plots of land in the area.
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“We can confirm [the speculation] on social media that the lands next to the fence have been granted certain certificates. They are located in Kohod village, Pakuhaji, Tangerang,” Nusron said in a press conference.
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