Cannot Be Postponed, The Case Of Fake Cooking Oil Is Investigated Completely

Fake cooking oil. ANTARA/Akhmad Nazaruddin Lathif.

JAKARTA - Member of Commission VI of the Indonesian House of Representatives Intan Fauzi urged the police to thoroughly investigate the circulation and sale of fake cooking oil amid shortages and soaring cooking oil prices. Previously, fake cooking oil was circulating which turned out to be colored water in Kudus, Central Java.

"Because (the fake cooking oil case) will disturb the public and clearly endanger health and so on. And clearly, there is an element of intent to make, sell, distribute fake cooking oil so that both the perpetrators and the distributors must be punished," said Intan, quoted from the official website. Parliament, Thursday 17 February.

Intan assessed that the fake cooking oil phenomenon was a deliberate element that was included in the criminal category.

"This case of fake cooking oil means that the water is intentionally mixed with dye, of course, it must be investigated thoroughly because it is categorized as a crime," added Intan.

Intan once again asked the police to thoroughly investigate this issue so that residents in other areas would not follow suit. This is because the Consumer Protection Act has clearly regulated product counterfeiting.

"The discovery of this fake cooking oil must continue to be investigated, it is not impossible only in Kudus, Central Java, but also its circulation can be widespread," said the politician from the National Mandate Party (PAN).

Intan added that there is a need for synergistic coordination between related institutions so that the case does not make the community restless. especially in the midst of the difficulty of getting cooking oil on the market.

"Therefore, synergistic coordination is needed so that this does not disturb the public. So if cooking oil is fake, it is clear that this element is intentionally made, circulated, sold, of course, it must be thoroughly investigated by the police," concluded the legislator for the West Java VI electoral district (dapil).

Fake cooking oil

Previously, the Kudus Police Team, Central Java, was still conducting an investigation into the alleged fraudulent case of fake cooking oil experienced by the victim, who is a cracker entrepreneur in Dawe District, Kudus.

"We have followed up the information on the alleged fraud in the sale and purchase of cooking oil by visiting the crime scene. Wait for the results of the investigation," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Kudus Police AKP Agustinus David P.

He admitted that the case was relatively new because previously there had been no cases of fraud related to fake cooking oil. But this is the first time a fake cooking oil fraud case has been found.

In addition to conducting an investigation, the police also conducted a laboratory test of the supposedly fake cooking oil.

So that similar cases do not repeat themselves, the Kudus Police appealed to the public to be more selective in buying cooking oil and advised to buy cooking oil from a trusted store.

Meanwhile, Siti Mutoharoh, a resident of Cendono Village, Dawe District, who was a victim of fraud selling fake cooking oil, revealed that the fraud case occurred on Saturday, February 12 at sunset.