Police Act On 18 Cases Of Misappropriation Of Cooking Oil, One Of The Modes Is Mixed With Yellow Water

Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Gatot Repli Handoko

JAKARTA - The National Police have taken action on 18 cases of alleged misuse of cooking oil in all provinces of Indonesia. One of them is in oil mixed with water mode.

"Until now, the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police and the Directorate of Criminal Investigation for the Regional Police have carried out 18 legal actions related to cooking oil," he said.

Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division, Kombes Gatot Repli Handoko, told reporters, Wednesday, April 20.

Based on the data, the action was carried out in South Sumatra, Central Java, East Java, West Java, South Sulawesi, South Kalimantan and Central Sulawesi.

From that action, the perpetrators used various modes. One of them mixes cooking oil with yellow water.

"There was 1 case from the South Sumatra Police, namely a place where bulk cooking oil was packaged ready to be sold. Then, the Central Java Police were 5 cases with the motive of business actors who did not have a distribution permit to sell or offer cooking oil production that was not in accordance with the actual content and quantity as well as the oil. fake fry in the form of a mixture of yellow oil and water,” he said.

“Then the East Java Police handled 1 case with the motive of hoarding bulk oil and selling it above the highest retail price. Fourth, the Banten Police handled 3 cases, namely business actors who deliberately hoarded and then resold them at prices that were not in accordance with the highest retail price," continued Gatot.

There are also cases handled by the West Java Regional Police. The mode is changing the cooking oil packaging with a new brand.

“Fifth, the West Java Regional Police handled 3 cases, namely collecting cooking oil from traders, if it had been collected, it was sold outside the region and then packing bulk cooking oil with a certain brand of cooking oil. Sixth, the Bengkulu Police handled 2 cases, namely hoarding cooking oil and selling it above the highest retail price," said Gatot.

Meanwhile, the modus used in cases handled by the South Sulawesi and South Kalimantan Regional Police is that they do not have a distribution permit.

"The Central Sulawesi Police handled 1 case, namely hoarding large amounts of cooking oil to make a profit," said Gatot.