VIDEO: Demanding Lower Cooking Oil Prices, Hundreds Of Workers Crowd The Ministry Of Trade's Office
JAKARTA - Dozens of representatives of the mass of workers stormed the office of the Ministry of Commerce on Jalan Ridwan Rais, Central Jakarta, Tuesday (22/3). Dozens of masses urged the Minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi to immediately lower the price of packaged cooking oil according to the Highest Retail Price of Rp. 11,000-Rp. 14,000. President of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) Said Iqbal said cooking oil prices had soared, people were suffocating like beggars in line. Watch the video below.