Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Lemukih in High Tense Again, House Thrown with Rocks



The atmosphere in Lemukih village, Sawan District Buleleng on Friday (November 13th) in the night until Saturday in the early was back into tense. Two groups from Nangka village district and Buah Banjah village district almost clashed each other at the border line of the two villages. A house been thrown by rocks by strangers.

From the information gathered last Saturday, that ruckus happened after four Lemukih citizen considered as the culprit in last October riot. Polres Buleleng – Resort Police of Buleleng – wasn’t arrested those four and they went home on Friday (November 13th) in the evening. Then in Friday night around 10 p.m. several people from Nangka entered Buah Banjah border line riding motorcycles.

People Dusun Buah Banjah get intense and ready for a fight. In that intense atmosphere, Made Samba’ house gets thrown by rocks by stranger. That dispute is suspected still has relationship with land dispute between Lemukih village and several people who still hold that land’ certificate.

Group of people who owned that certificate precisely most of them lived in Buah Banjah. With this Friday night event, several societies’ figures that lived in Buah Banjah get worried and afraid. Since that event usually happened before. That’s why Klian Subak Abian Gunung Sari Buah Banjah Lemukih, Drs. I Made Redata, last Saturday came to Mapolres Buleleng asked for security in Lemukih area, especially at the border line between Nangka and Buah Banjah.

Contacted after asked for that security in Mapolres Buleleng, Redata justified the disputing event at the border line between those two villages. He also corrected that Made Samba’ house was thrown rock by stranger. Moreover, he said that those ruckus events are usually happened especially when it was night. According to Redata, upper part of Nangka village district between upper parts of Buah Banjah village district is indeed stand side by side. If people in Buah Banjah looks like gathering themselves then Nangka villagers will get tense as if they will get surprise attack. “The atmosphere become uncomfortable and it happened almost every night,” he said.

How about the request in Polres Buleleng? Redata said that Polres Buleleng will consider situated their security members in Lemukih. Redata initiated asked for security to Polres Buleleng under people’ safety concern in Lemukih. Redata alone confessed that he precisely lived in Buah Banjah but eventually has no relationship with conflict in Lemukih. “I beg for security in order to secure people safety in Lemukih, all of them, and this action is not under any party,” he said.

Not Arrested

Related to the riot in Lemukih village, Polres Buleleng realized a request to not arrested four culprits. Those four villagers are Gede Sari Mawan alias Gede Sukradana alias Lubak (32 years old) from Banjar Dinas Lemaya, Gede Rodin alias Nang Sugus (32 years old) from Banjar Dinas Desa, Gede Kariana alias Gede Koni (21 years old) form Banjar Dinas Desa, Gede Sudirsa (28 years old) also lived in Banjar Dinas Desa. These four people were released on Friday evening from any suspicion as they ganged up on three citizens the holders of certificate of the land in dispute in a ruckus on last October

Pahumas Polres Bulelelng Kompol Made Sudirsa said that the four culprits were not arrested anymore since they already had guarantee from their legal counsel, Perbekel Lemukih and Klian Dusun in their village. Though they weren’t arrested but legal process of those four will still continued with several continuation investigation. Even there is perhaps other culprit added during the investigation.

News by Bali Post