Central Java Police Have Not Found Rice Hoarding Amid Soaring Prices

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Central Java Police have not found rice hoarding related to the scarcity of these commodities in a number of modern shops in various regions in this province.

Director of the Special Criminal Investigation of the Central Java Police, Kombes Dwi Subagio, said that the rice supply in this province was still sufficient.

"The question is why prices are rising and supplies in modern shops run out," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, February 23.

He explained several reasons for the occurrence of these conditions, including increasing public consumption ahead of Ramadan this year.

In addition, he continued, the impact of El Nino resulted in crop failure in various regions.

The Central Java Police Food Task Force, according to him, has deployed a team to see if there is hoarding in the midst of this condition.

"This is what we are investigating, but until now there has not been found any hoarding," he said.

Previously, President Director of Perum Bulog Bayu Krisnamurthi said that one of the causes of scarcity in a number of modern retailers and high rice prices that almost occurred throughout Indonesia, was triggered by rising grain prices in all production centers.