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166Islam, Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary IndonesiaAs a result, the total area of land concessions granted bycentral and regional governments to corporations has, in somecases, exceeded the size of entire provinces. For instance, inSoutheast Sulawesi, the area of corporate concessions surpassesthe province%u2019s total land area. Similar conditions exist in EastKalimantan, North Kalimantan, and several other regions(Kompas, May 21, 2018).Furthermore, around 35 million hectares of land are nowcontrolled by a few large corporations, and an additional 14.6million hectares are devoted to palm oil plantations. In total,about 50 million hectares%u2014equivalent to 758 times the size ofJakarta%u2014are controlled by a handful of business groups(Kompas, March 15, 2018).Second, is the Failure of Justice for the People. If citizens takelegal action to defend their rights, it is almost certain that theywill lose. For example, in 2014, the Indonesian NationalCommission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) received 6,967public complaints concerning human rights violations fromacross the country.Of these complaints, 35.6% (2,483 cases) were directedagainst the police, 22.8% (1,590 cases) against corporations,18.3% (1,270 cases) against local governments, 12% (836 cases)against the courts and prosecutors, and the remaining portionagainst various other actors.These figures show that 88.7% of all cases involved thepolice, corporations, and local governments as the mainperpetrators.To this day, this bleak portrait has not changed. Thepolice remain the institution most frequently reported by thepublic.