"Cases of agrarian conflict increase in 2017: Consortium", 28 December 2017

The Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA) recorded an increase in the number of agrarian conflicts in 2017, reaching 659 cases, covering 520,491.87 hectares of land and involving 652,738 households.

…Agrarian conflicts shows an almost 50 percent increase from the 450 conflicts recorded in 2016.

The KPA revealed 208 cases, or 32 percent of the total number of agrarian conflicts, were related to the plantation sector, which covers 194,453.27 ha of land, followed by 199, or 30 percent of cases related to property and 94 cases related to infrastructure.

Dewi said in terms of commodities, agrarian conflicts in the plantation sector were dominated by oil palm plantations.

The KPA also recorded 21 cases of violence involving members of the National Police…. The police reportedly arrested people who tried to defend their land without proper procedures….

Vigilante groups were involved in 15 cases of violence and Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel in 11 cases of violence related to agrarian conflicts.

KPA recorded 1,361 agrarian conflicts that took place during President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo's tenure.