Jakarta, Dec. 11 -- The Forestry Ministry (Kemenhut) is investigating 11 business entities in Tapanuli Selatan District, North Sumatra, suspected of being involved in the floods and landslides that struck the region.

"Currently, the Forestry Ministry has sealed or is verifying the sites of 11 legal entities, namely four corporations and seven PHATs (Land Rights Holders)," Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni said in a statement on Thursday.

The four companies are PT TPL, PT AR, PT TBS/PT SN, and PLTA BT/PT NSHE, as well as the seven PHATs: JAM, AR, RHS, AR, JAS, DHP, and M.

The number of business entities prosecuted by the Forestry Ministry includes the three PHATs: JAS, AR, and RHS.

Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Law Enforcement...