Central Java Police revealed the practice of illegal mixed sugar producers located in Banyumas Regency with sales turnover reaching hundreds of millions of rupiah per month.
Director of the Special Criminal Investigation of the Central Java Police, Kombes Arif Budiman, said the sugar producer mixed sugar from the King of Sugar produced by PT RNI with refined sugar and refined sugar from a sugar factory.
He explained that the disclosure began with information from the Ministry of Agriculture regarding the circulation of sugar which was suspected of being mixed in the northern and southern regions of Central Java.
"From the search, it is known that there are three warehouses that produce mixed sugar in the Banyumas area," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, July 10.
He said there were several modes of mixing carried out in the warehouse.
He gave an example of 50 kg of refined sugar mixed with three refined sugar bags.
The mixed sugars, he continued, were then accommodated in a bag with the brand King of Sugar.
In the disclosure, investigators have named the suspect with the initials MS (52) who is the owner of the warehouse as well as the person who produces the mixed sugar.
He revealed that the factory, which has been operating since 2018 with a production capacity of around 300 to 500 tons per month, has harmed PT RNI as the owner of the Raja Sugar brand.
For his actions, the suspect was charged with Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning consumer protection.
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