Nusron Wahid Says He Respects KPK Investigation Into Land Mafia Case

Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning and Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Nusron Wahid said he respects the legal process being carried out by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in its investigation into an alleged land mafia case.

“First, we respect what is being processed by law enforcement, in this case the KPK. We will also follow and assist the process,” Nusron said in Jakarta on Friday (18 September 2026).

Nusron said ATR/BPN would cooperate with the KPK throughout the investigation and leave the legal process to the anti-corruption agency.

“We will follow this process and leave it entirely to the KPK as the law enforcement authority,” he said.

At the same time, Nusron assured that land services would continue as normal despite the investigation into alleged corruption at the ministry.

He said public services would not be disrupted and called on ATR/BPN officials to remain united and continue working according to established service standards.

“God willing, there will be no disruption. We have asked everyone to remain united,” Nusron said.

He said land administration services, including the transfer of land rights with a target completion time of 10 working days and the Scheduled Measurement programme, would continue as usual.

“We have asked everyone to remain united. The 10-day land rights transfer service will continue, and scheduled measurements will also continue,” he said.

Nusron said efforts to improve the quality of land services had been underway before the current legal proceedings and would continue through various reforms and innovations.

“We had already been committed to this before, including carrying out several innovations and changes,” he said.

The ministry is also strengthening internal oversight to improve governance and ensure its processes comply with regulations.

“There will certainly be stronger internal oversight amid this issue,” Nusron said.

He said the ongoing legal process could serve as momentum to accelerate improvements to services within land offices and strengthen transparency and accountability.

“Hopefully, with this incident, there will be an acceleration of improvements to services within land offices,” he said.

When asked about his name being mentioned in the case, Nusron said he would leave the investigation entirely to the KPK and wait for the agency's official findings.