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AGO looks into potential graft in Tangerang sea barrier scandal
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Members of the Navy's elite Frogman Command remove a section of an illegal sea barrier on Jan. 22, 2025, in the waters off Tanjung Pasir, Tangerang regency, Banten. (Antara/Muhammad Iqbal)
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he Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is looking into potential corruption in the issuance of permits for coastal land fronting a sprawling bamboo fence installed illegally off the coast of six districts in Tangerang regency, Banten.
The office of the assistant attorney general for extraordinary crimes (Jampidsus) has requested documents from the head of Kohod village in Pakuhaji district regarding land permits in the area across from the sea fence, Antara reported.
Several Kohod residents have previously claimed that their identities were used without their consent to apply for the right-to-build permits (HGB) in 2023. They suspected the involvement of village officials in the alleged identity theft and demanded the government investigate the case.
But AGO investigators have yet to launch any formal corruption investigation, pending the results of ongoing administrative investigations.
These include an internal probe by the Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry into the improper issuance of HGB permits and ownership certificates (SHM) for land on the shoreline facing the sea fence and an investigation by the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry into who built the fence.
“So far, we are still collecting data and information,” AGO spokesperson Harli Siregar said on Saturday, as quoted from tempo.co.
The agrarian ministry recently fired six of its officials, mostly those holding key positions at the Tangerang Land Agency at the time the permits were issued.
