JAKARTA - Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman chose not to immediately reveal the names of 212 rogue rice producers and submit their actions to law enforcement officials in order to protect evidence.
"Therefore, so that the evidence is not removed. And later everything will be announced, announced automatically, if it has been summoned by law enforcement," Amran said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 2.
Amran said that his party had coordinated with the National Police Chief and the Attorney General to take firm action against the perpetrators.
According to him, this is an important momentum considering that the national rice stock is abundant and domestic production is in good condition, but the price on the market is being played.
"Right now there is no reason for the price to rise, nothing. Production goes up according to BPS, according to the world food agency (FAO) ... Then our stock is the highest in history. So what's the reason for rising prices?" Amran said.
Responding to a report from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) regarding June inflation, one of which was triggered by an increase in rice prices, Amran believes that it happened because of the price anomaly.
He said, in the previous months, prices at the farmer level actually fell, while prices at the consumer level rose.
"It turns out that the rice sold for premium is not premium, 80 percent. Rice is sold medium, not medium, it's fraudulent rice," said Amran.
In addition to mixing, Amran also found rice products with a low volume and quality below the proper standard.
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The investigation into commercial rice fraud cases was carried out after an anomaly in rice, even though rice production is currently high nationally, even the highest in the last 57 years with stocks to date reaching 4.2 million tons.
Based on the findings in premium rice with a sample of 136, it was found that 85.56 percent did not comply with the provisions; 59.78 percent did not match the highest retail price (HET); and 21.66 percent did not complete the packaging weight.
Then, findings in medium rice with a sample of 76 brands were found to be 88.24 percent incompatible with the quality of rice; 95.12 percent did not match HET; and 9.38 percent did not pay after the packaging weight.
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