The Minister Of Trade, Lutfi, Boasts That There Are 3 Suspects In The Cooking Oil Mafia, But The Police Denies That: Not Yet

Minister of Trade, M. Lutfi/ Antara

JAKARTA - The National Police stated that until now they have not named the suspect behind the cooking oil scarcity phenomenon. Including, the alleged existence of the cooking oil mafia.

"There are no suspects yet", said Deputy Chief of the National Police's Food Task Force, Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan, when confirmed, Monday, March 21.

So far, Whisnu said, the Food Task Force is still investigating the cause of the scarcity of cooking oil.

Then, focus on taking steps to ensure the availability of cooking oil stocks for the community.

"The food task force is still concentrating on the existence of subsidized bulk cooking oil stocks in traditional markets", said General Whisnu.

Minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi on the previous occasion said that he had provided data on findings to the police regarding the stockpiling of cooking oil, which amounts to thousands of tons.

"I have given all the data. This is still a presumption of innocence, but we have found it and this is in the thousands of tons (hoarding). We have reported it to the Police through the Criminal Investigation Unit, we have started to arrest and investigate", he explained.

According to Lutfi, there are already suspects who will be named. The determination of the potential suspects will be announced on Monday, March 21 by the police.

"I leave it to the police so they can decide the legal process. On Monday there will be potential suspects", he said.