Since the turbulent events that occurred in Mesuji Lampung and Bima NTB, agrarian conflict continue to flow. This time, the Alliance of Sinama Nenek Indigenous Peoples (Amdas) coming from Kampar, Riau Province, visited the Ministry of State Owned Enterprises office to protest.
They demanded that the lands are annexed by state company, PT Nusantara Plantation V (PTPN V) covering an area of 2.800 hectares, since 1994, immediately returned.
Demonstration coordinator, Taufik Syarkawi, said that their 2.800 hectares communal land has been seized by PTPN V since 1994.
Taufik told that PTPN V under the State Owned Enterprises came into Kampar regency in 1990, and opened 14.537 hectares land for palm oil plantations.
However, land clearing that conducted by company is not approved by the villager. Since then, the relationship between villager and PTPN V becomes strained.
Most of the indegenuos farms land, he added, had been annexed by PTPN V without permission or proper compensation.
And than, in 1994, PTPN V again be taking over an area of 2.800 hectares of indegenous land.
In fact, Taufik said, their land is inherited from generation to generation and become the backbone to support the community's economy.
PTPN V also allegedly hiring the security forces (military and police) to force people out of their own land.
The state company with the security use brutal policy at that time forced natives people to get out from their own land. Their homeland that have been inherited and managed since hundreds of years ago.
Various attempts to reclaim the land has been made by indigenous community, but all attempts failed to reclaim their rights.
Local parliament and local goverment even issued a harsh rebuke to PTPN V , in order for company to returning of 2.800 hectares of land to indigenous community. But that rebuke being ignored by PTPN V.
According to Taufik, joint team that formed by Governor of Riau and Riau provincial parliament, involving Kampar local government, states that the 2.800 hectares of land is owned by the Sinama Nenek Indigenous Community.
PTPN V it self has acknowledged the findings by the joint team, but so far they are not willing to move.
Taufik added, if within 3 days their lands is not returned by PTPN V, Indigenous community will take over the land by force, though bloodshed occur.
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