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House gives ministry 20 days to resolve Tangerang ‘mystery fence’
A meeting with House Commission IV overseeing maritime affairs on Tuesday concluded with a time frame of 20 days for the ministry to conduct a follow-up investigation to determine the origins of the illegal 30-kilometer-long structure.
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Members of the Indonesian Navy's elite Frogman Command remove a section of an illegal fence on Jan. 22, 2025, in the waters off Tanjung Pasir, Tangerang regency, Banten. The Navy is part of a joint operation involving the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry and regional authorities, as well as local fishermen, to dismantle a 30-kilometer makeshift fence in Tangerang regency, which is estimated to take two weeks. (Antara/Muhammad Iqbal)
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he Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry is mulling over the possibility of launching a criminal investigation in coordination with law enforcement agencies into a makeshift bamboo fence installed illegally in the coastal waters of Tangerang regency, Banten.
Maritime affairs minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono made the statement on Thursday after a meeting with the House of Representatives Commission IV to discuss next steps at the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta.
“One of the conclusions [of the meeting] is that we should coordinate with other ministries and institutions, including police and prosecutors” on any potential investigation into the illegal structure, Sakti said, as quoted by Kompas.com.
During Thursday’s meeting, House Commission IV grilled ministry officials about the bamboo fence.
Commission IV member Saadiah Uluputty, who hails from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), questioned the ministry’s claim that it had no information on the barrier’s construction, saying it was not being diligent in pursuing and preventing the case.
In closing the meeting, the commission asked the ministry to start a legal process to discover the entities and purpose behind the structure in a clear and transparent way, and to resolve the matter in 20 days.
Lawmakers had originally planned to establish a working committee to uncover more information about the structure, but Commission IV chair Siti Hedijati “Titiek” Soeharto of the Gerindra Party said she would give the ministry time to complete its probe.
