In The Midst Of People's Problems, The TJ Store At The Kendal Weleri Market Actually Resists The Sale Of 17.5 Tons Of Oil

Documentation - Director of Special Criminal Investigation of the Central Java Police, Kombes Pol. Dwi Subagio. (ANTARA/I. C. Senjaya)

The Central Java Regional Police's Food Task Force revealed the misappropriation of sales of subsidized cooking oil in the Kendal Regency area. Intrigued, the abuse was carried out in the midst of the trouble of residents getting cooking oil. Head of the Central Java Regional Police's Food Task Force, Kombes Dwi Subagio, said the disclosure was made at a shop in Weleri Market, Kendal Regency, which began with public complaints about the difficulty of finding oilquakes in the market. Toko TJ, salah satu toko bahan kebutuhan dapat di Pasar Weleri, diketahui masih menyimpan sekitar 17,5 ton Kumilita yang hingga kini belum dijual. "This shop is holding back sales, not hoarding oil and land", he explained in a press release in Semarang, Antara, Thursday, February 9. In addition, he continued, the shop also sells subsidized oil at prices above the provisions. "This shop sells IDR 15,400 per liter, above the highest retail price (HET) of IDR 14,000 per liter," said the Director of Special Criminal Investigation at the Central Java Police. According to him, the TJ store had sold 13,752 liters of oil and land above the supposed price. The police will continue to investigate the findings. He explained that the owner of the TJ Store obtained supplies from one of the distributors in the Kendal area. For the thousands of liters of subsidized cooking oil, he said, it would then be sold according to the price set by the Government. He added that there are legal sanctions for sellers of Oil and Forestry that are not in accordance with the HET that has been determined by the government.