Two peasants Suhendi (37 and Walma (32) ) who comes from Legon Pakis and Tanjung Lame, Ujung Jaya, Pandeglang were detained; they accused as the actor who illegally enter and ruin The Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon (Ujung Kulon National Park). They have been detained on Saturday, (5/4) at 1 am.  At the same time the detainment process   also destructs one of peasant house near the location of detainment. Later, the public know that the detainment has been organized with an unprocedural mechanism because the police officer doesn’t give an official letter for the detainment process to villager’s administrator.

Early morning on Saturday the police came to Walma’s house, they drive two cars. The police office that weren’t use their official uniform came with forest guider.  As soon as Walma open his door, they seal his mouth and bind his hand, and then they brought him in to the car. Next, they went to Suhendi’s house. They break up the door with a loudly shout. After that, they brought Suhendi with Walma to Pandeglang Police station.

At 08 am, advocator team, FPPI Pandeglang and Serikat Petani Indonesia (SPI) Banten came to Pandeglang police station to meet Suhendi and Walma. But the team can not meet them since they should manage coordination with the related police officer Mr.Rendi. The effort to manage coordination was failed because Mr. Rendi didn’t come yet. The team decided to go home. In a few hours, the team comes back to the police station and successfully meets Walma and Suhendi to get the details.

On 2007, there were more than 76 agrarian conflicts. Most of them are old cases. More than 196.179 Hectare of people land has been seized so that the peasant can not grow anything on it. More than 166 peasants have been   criminalized; detainment and accusation, most of them have been got a physical violation. It has been recorded that there are 8 peasants died and 12 get shot (SPI (Serikat Petani Indonesia) and affiliation data).

This detainment just makes the list of harassment and violation against peasants becomes longer. Even though, the only reason from the peasants is only to keep their ancestor land, because only by cultivating the land they can survive and they can feed themselves, theor family and others in their nation.  But the apparatus always give a repressive action and face it with peasant criminalization and accusation.  The accusation is illegally entered and ruined the Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon. This accusation is really non sense since the peasants land is not lie on conservation area.  In contrary, the Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon administrator has been widened their conservation area. They trespass the peasants land without involving the peoples in the process.

The agrarian conflicts started from a long time ago. Started from1921, the Dutch government decides Ujung Kulon and Pulau Panaitan as Ujung Kulon conservation area. In 1937, The Dutch convert the Ujung Kulon Panaitan conservation (Cagar Alam) into animal conservation Ujung Kulon-Panaitan (Suaka margasatwa) with the Dutch decision letter No. 17, on June 14, 1937. The in 1984, forestry ministry issued the decision letter No. 96/Kpst/II/1984 which stated the re-convert of Ujung Kulon from animal conservation area in to national park/conservation area.

The border line arrangement between conservation and non conservation was not based on Forestry ministry decision No 330/Kpst/II/1990. In realization, the border arrangement only organized by the national park administrator without involving local government representatives, sub district and villagers representatives. It is strange when in its official documents the arrangement of border line were signed by the head of villagers, the head of subdistricts administrator, the head of forest resort  and land conservation unit/head of forestry department in district level, and head of district administrator. More over, Salim (alm) – Cikawung villager stated that the national park administrator who organize the border arrangements said that they were very tired because the border area become so long and its have already get in to Salam village, they turn the border in to Tanjung Lame, even though the head of the projects ordered to go along with Cilintang river. This is done by them to finish the projects quickly.  The lack of monitoring system makes the border arrangements doesn’t fulfill the existed rule. This situation brings lots of conflict in current time.   Recently, there was shot against peasant (Komar) by the forest guider in 2006. It makes the people devastate the building and other facilities belonging to the national park. The conflict becomes higher recently.

There were several dispute settlement programs: the meeting between people, national park administrator, apparatus, and legislative representative has been organized in several times.  Finally the meeting in Hotel Kharisma Labuan brings a fruitful result. But, the conflict comes again on May, 23, 2007. 5 peasants were detained. One of police officer shot the peasants, but he just pass a simple legal procedure. The conflict finally bring peasants demonstration in  Ujung Jaya village  on  June.

Several kind of those violance make  Serikat Petani Indonesia Banten to release the 2 of Serikat Tani Ujung Kulon member, to give back the peasants land  in  Ujung Kulon which has been seized by the national park, to investigate and to give sanction  to the actor who violate human rights in Ujung Kulon, to implement agrarian reform based on 1960 basic agrarian law, To reject 1960 basic agrarian law revision, to reject investment bill No. 25/2007 and to stop criminalization and harassment against  the peasants struggles.

Peasant’s criminalization is a thing that can hamper agrarian reform implementation. If it can not stop the agrarian reform plan which initiated by the government will not optimally realized. We need to hold up the 1960 basic agrarian law to implement the genuine agrarian reform. The main thing in agrarian reform implementation is to re arrange the national agrarian system for justice and wealth of the peasants and all Indonesians peoples.