Jakarta, Nov. 10 -- Indonesia's Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Ministry has revoked the land-use rights (HGU) of 11 companies linked to land-burning cases in Kalimantan.

The companies whose land-use rights were revoked fall into five categories, based on the ministry's review and recommendations from the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department.

"The National Police's criminal investigation chief recommended revoking the cultivation rights of 11 companies," Agrarian Affairs Minister Nusron Wahid told reporters in Jakarta on Monday.

The companies include PT MIB (South Kalimantan), PT RKA, PT SKM, PT SAE, PT BSLT, PT BOS, PT AER, PT ANI and PT API (West Kalimantan); and PT JMS and PT STP (East Kalimantan).

The first ca...