Permits of 28 Companies Revoked Following Sumatra Disaster, Most in North Sumatra

In January 2026, the Indonesian government revoked the forest management permits of 28 companies operating in Sumatra's disaster-affected areas, which were proven to have committed violations in forest areas.

This total includes Business Permits for Forest Utilization (PBPH) for 22 companies, with the total concession area of the revoked permits reaching 1.01 million hectares (ha).

The government also revoked the permits of six companies operating in the mining, plantation, and Timber Forest Product Utilization Business Permit (PBPHHK) sectors.

Based on their distribution, 15 companies, or 53.6% of the total companies whose permits were revoked, are located in North Sumatra Province.

Below is the number of companies whose permits were revoked, based on the province where they operate, according to Katadata.co.id news reports:

North Sumatra: 15 companies

1. PT Toba Pulp Lestari Tbk (PBPH)
2. PT Sumatera Riang Lestari (PBPH)
3. PT Gunung Raya Utama Timber (PBPH)
4. PT Teluk Nauli (PBPH)
5. PT Anugerah Rimba Makmur (PBPH)
6. PT Sumatera Sylva Lestari (PBPH)
7. PT Multi Sibolga Timber (PBPH)
8. PT Barumun Raya Padang Langkat (PBPH)
9. PT Panei Lika Sejahtera (PBPH)
10. PT Hutan Barumun Perkasa (PBPH)
11. PT Putra Lika Perkasa (PBPH)
12. PT Sinar Belantara Indah (PBPH)
13. PT Tanaman Industri Lestari Simalungun (PBPH)
14. PT Agincourt Resources (mining business permit)
15. PT North Sumatra Hydro Energy (hydropower plant business permit)

West Sumatra: 8 companies

1. PT Minas Pagai Lumber (PBPH)
2. PT Salaki Summa Sejahtera (PBPH)
3. PT Biomass Andalan Energi (PBPH)
4. PT Bukit Raya Mudisa (PBPH)
5. PT Dhara Silva Lestari (PBPH)
6. PT Sukses Jaya Wood (PBPH)
7. PT Perkebunan Pelalu Raya (plantation permit)
8. PT Inang Sari (plantation permit)

Aceh: 5 companies

1. PT Aceh Nusa Indrapuri (PBPH)
2. PT Rimba Timur Sentosa (PBPH)
3. PT Rimba Wawasan Permai (PBPH)
4. PT Ika Bina Agro Wisesa (plantation permit)
5. CV Rimba Jaya (PBPHHK)

Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi stated that the revocation of these permits is a follow-up to the results of the regularization and evaluation of forest area utilization carried out by the Forest Area Regularization Task Force (Satgas PKH).

“President (Prabowo Subianto) made the decision to revoke the permits of 28 companies proven to have committed violations,” said Prasetyo during a press conference at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Tuesday (January 20, 2026).

According to Prasetyo, these companies committed various violations, such as conducting business activities outside their granted permit areas, operating in prohibited zones including protected forest areas, and administrative violations.

“There were also violations in the form of unfulfilled obligations to the state, such as taxes,” he added, as reported by Katadata.co.id.