Kaligis said that the facts were obtained after going through the trial process since August 30 2023 and examining.

Jakarta – posinternasional.com

The judge at the Tondano District Court, North Sulawesi (Sulut) acquitted Arny Cristian Kumolontang, as the pioneer in clearing land for a gold mine in Ratatotok District, Southeast Minahasa Regency, covering an area of ​​41 hectares.

Arny Cristian Kumolontang’s attorney, OC Kaligis in Jakarta, Monday (15/1/2024) said that as of January 11 2024, his client was declared innocent and acquitted of all charges.

“Our client did not commit the act he was charged with and it was not a criminal act,” he said.

Kaligis said that the facts were obtained after going through the trial process since August 30 2023 and examining a number of witnesses and experts.

This proves that there was engineering in this case against the client carried out by Noerhalim and the prosecutor.

According to Kaligis, Arny founded PT BLJ then got mining authorization, then in 2011 he got a Mining Business License (IUP) and a year after that the company which was previously Domestic Investment (PMDN) was changed to Foreign Investment (PMA).

He explained that he was trying to get gold mine production after many years of trying. Then a person named Noerhalim came who engineered a change in the management structure so that he fired and even reported Arny as an illegal miner.

“From the start, this case was fabricated, initially it was reported to the North Sulawesi Regional Police and it was rejected because there were no criminal elements, then to the National Police Headquarters and Arny was finally convicted and brought to court,” he said.

In fact, what Arny Cristian Kumolontang did was an effort to save the IUP by completing various documents and working on his own land.

However, on January 11 2024, the Chief Judge of the Tondano District Court, Erenst Jannes Ulaen, decided on case No.141/Pid.Sus/2023/PN.Tnn on behalf of the defendant Arny Cristian Kumolontang with an acquittal.

Therefore, he said, his client had been charged under Article 158 of the Mining Law, but according to the judge’s consideration, it was not a criminal act but a civil one.

In the decision it was also explained that the judge acquitted the defendant from all legal charges and restored the defendant’s rights to ability, status and dignity, said Kaligis.

** (namraw aytida)

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