Illegal sea fence off Tangerang

The bamboo fence of about 30 km built in the sea off the Tangerang Regency coast in Banten, and the land certificates issued over the sea area it enclosed.

Topics · Also known as: Pagar laut ilegal di Tangerang, pagar laut

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Ujang Karta
convicted of corruption over the Tangerang sea fence by the Serang Corruption Court under Article 9 of the Anti-Corruption Law and sentenced to 3 years 6 months in prison and a Rp100 million fine, 13 Jan 2026 (since 2026-01-13) · Koran Jakarta: Kades Kohod divonis 3,5 tahun penjara terkait kasus pagar laut di Kabupaten Tangerang (Jan 2026)
Arsin
convicted of corruption over the Tangerang sea fence by the Serang Corruption Court under Article 9 of the Anti-Corruption Law and sentenced to 3 years 6 months in prison and a Rp100 million fine, 13 Jan 2026 (since 2026-01-13) · Koran Jakarta: Kades Kohod divonis 3,5 tahun penjara terkait kasus pagar laut di Kabupaten Tangerang (Jan 2026)
Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia
imposed a Rp48 billion administrative fine, calculated on the fence's size, on a village head and a village official identified as A and T over the 30.16 km fence (Feb 2025) (since 2025) · Metro TV: Kepala desa pembuat pagar laut Tangerang didenda Rp48 miliar (Feb 2025)
PT Cahaya Inti Sentosa
held 20 of the 263 SHGB parcels found over the sea off Tangerang, certificates the land minister declared legally void (Jan 2025) (since 2025) · Antara: Menteri ATR batalkan status SHGB pagar laut di Tangerang (Jan 2025)
PT Intan Agung Makmur
held 234 of the 263 SHGB parcels found over the sea off Tangerang, certificates the land minister declared legally void (Jan 2025) (since 2025) · Antara: Menteri ATR batalkan status SHGB pagar laut di Tangerang (Jan 2025)
Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning of Indonesia
sanctioned eight land officials over the issuance of the certificates; six were removed from their posts, including the former head of the Tangerang Regency land office, and two received other heavy sanctions (Jan 2025) (since 2025) · iNews: Daftar 8 pegawai ATR/BPN disanksi buntut polemik pagar laut Tangerang (Jan 2025)
Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning of Indonesia
told the House in Sep 2025 that 50 parcels had been cancelled (38 SHGB covering 58.23 ha and 12 SHM covering 16.52 ha) and 210 parcels covering 303.47 ha had been voluntarily released (since 2025) · Investortrust: Menteri Nusron: 210 bidang tanah pagar laut Tangerang dilepas sukarela (Sep 2025)
Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning of Indonesia
declared the building rights (SHGB) and freehold (SHM) certificates over the sea off northern Tangerang legally void as procedurally and materially defective; an initial check found 263 SHGB and 17 SHM parcels (Jan 2025) (since 2025) · Antara: Menteri ATR batalkan status SHGB pagar laut di Tangerang (Jan 2025)

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