Perpetrators of Orangutan Killings in Central Kalimantan Oil Palm, Arrested

Kamis, 09 Agu 2018 10:06 WIB

PALANGKARAYA (SPOnline.com) - Two men from Tanjung Hanau Village, Hanau Subdistrict, Seruyan Regency, are now detained at the Central Kalimantan Regional Police. In addition to being a suspect in possession of firearms and sharp weapons, they are also suspected of murdering orangutans who are protected animals.This was conveyed by the Head of Public Relations of Central Kalimantan Regional Police AKBP Hendra Rochmawan, in his office on Wednesday (08/08/2018) According to AKBP Hendra Rochmawan, Baen murder suspect , Orangutan in the land clearing area, Block Q45, Elang Estate 3, Kebun 5, Afdeling 19, owned by PT Wana Sawit Subur Lestari (WSSL) II, Tanjung Hanau Village, Hanau District, Seruyan District, it continues investigated by the Central Kalimantan Special Criminal Directorate. Investigations besides hearing witnesses, as well as forensics and orangutan hair findings in his boat. Meanwhile the Director of the Special Criminal Investigation of the Central Kalimantan Regional Police, Sr. Comr. Adex Yudiswan, said the Regional Police formed a team to investigate the murder of an orangutan named Baen . Currently also waiting for DNA results. The case of the Kalimantan orangutan slaughter (pongo pygmaeus) that occurred in oil palm plantations in the province of Central Kalimantan, stirred up residents around the oil palm plantation. Baen (20), the name of the male orangutan from the translocation of the Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) and PT WSSL, four year, was found floating in water with a number of cuts and 7 bullets lodged in his body. Wahyu Bimadata, Legal Manager of PT Best Agro, PT Wana Sawit Subur Lestari (WSSL) II, Tanjung Hanau Village, Hanau District, Seruyan District, praised the success of the Central Kalimantan Regional Police in arresting the Baen murderer , the name of the orangutan. Bima Praise, for the arrest of BY cs, the community around the palm oil plantation began to calm down. Remembering all this time mutual suspicion. Bima, greeting Wahyu Bimadata, the man from Sidoarjo was also harmed by the act of BY cs, because Baen, was found to have rotted to death in the Palm Plantation he managed. "The first to find dead orangutans, is our employee. When working he smelled bad in an oil palm canal. "This incision is removed from the canal, then I report to Seruyan District Police Station," he added. With the killing of Baen, Bima was sad, because routinely, PT Wana Sawit Subur Lestari, the company he managed, took care of orangutans around his garden regularly. Bima Concern, caring for Baen as a care for PT WSSL for years, because orangutans must be protected. The motive for the assassination of Baen, allegedly this Orangutan often damages residents crops. "This orangutan has a gunshot wound in his chest," said an investigator. With the arrest of BY Cs, there will be no suspicion from the surrounding community and other parties against PT WSSL. Writer & Editor: Raditya M. Khadaffi

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