Rare Cockatoos at Siti Nurbaya’s Home

The lack of control over protected wildlife continues. The lengthy procedure for official ownership has led many people to keep wild animals illegally. Many protected wild animal species are kept without authorization by high-ranking government officials. A Tempo investigation found such rare animals at the villa of People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Zulkifli Hasan, House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon, and DPR Legal Affairs Commission Chairman Bambang Soesatyo. Minister for the Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya was also found to be in possession of rare birds. This investigation, conducted since September, is a collaboration between Tempo, the Tempo Institute, and Free Press Unlimited.