JAKARTA - Minister of Agriculture (Mentan), Andi Amran Sulaiman emphasized that the firm steps taken to eradicate the practice of violating the law in the agricultural sector are not just imaging.
In fact, this action is a form of the government's seriousness in creating a clean, fair, and supportive agricultural ecosystem for farmers and the community.
He said that as many as 11 echelon II officials within the Ministry of Agriculture had been named suspects and are currently on the People's Wanted List (DPO).
"Not imaging. (As many as) 11 people we have punished, the echelon II suspect is at our place, the DPO is now," he said in a working meeting with Commission IV of the DPR RI, Jakarta, Wednesday, July 16.
"In terms of imaging, no, sir. Because not only from outside, we also law from inside. There are 11 that we are processing," he continued.
In addition, he highlighted a number of major cases that are currently in legal proceedings, including allegations of the circulation of counterfeit fertilizers, corruption of cooking oil, and mixing rice.
Amran added that as many as 212 rice brands suspected of being mixed have been submitted in writing to the National Police Chief as part of a wider law enforcement effort.
"There are 20 suspected cooking oil (there are) suspects, 3 fake fertilizers right now. We have sent all 212 (rice brands suspected of being mixed) to the National Police Chief in writing," he said.
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Furthermore, the Minister of Agriculture said that his party had written to the Attorney General's Office and the National Police Chief to follow up on these findings. He emphasized that this step was taken consistently, indiscriminately, both against external and internal actors of the ministry.
"We have written to the Attorney General's Office, to the National Police Chief. It is not an image, not our agenda. We follow up and we collect which one is the suspect," said Amran.
Regarding the case of mixing rice, Amran said 26 people had been examined, and as many as 40 others would soon follow in the process of further investigation. "Yesterday, on the 10th, 26 people had been examined. That's a report and we will continue to follow it. There are 40 more to be examined," he said.
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