JAKARTA, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia plans to revoke or restrict land cultivation rights and deny new rights to plantation companies linked to forest and land fires in Kalimantan, with 11 companies facing varying measures, a minister said Monday.
The country's Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Nusron Wahid said the action followed recommendations from the national police's criminal investigation department.
Wahid said three companies face full revocation of their cultivation rights after repeated fires affected more than half of their concession areas. The companies also lacked adequate fire prevention facilities and violated land-use conditions.
Other companies face partial revocation, denial of new rights or further review. The cases span South, West and East Kalimantan. ■