Criminal Investigation Agency Deploys All Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation Supervise BBM: Monitor 24 Hours Ensure Safe Distribution

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JAKARTA - Head of the Criminal Investigation Agency, Inspector General Agus Andrianto, ordered all Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation (Dirkrimsus) in Indonesia to oversee the distribution of fuel. Inspector General Agus wants to ensure that fuel is safe until the Eid homecoming.

The Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division, Commissioner Gatot Repli Handoko, explained that the supervision was carried out by all regional and regional police officers in all provinces.

"Head of the Criminal Investigation Agency has given orders to the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation ranks to immediately step down to anticipate the route rather than the distribution of fuel in their respective areas", said Gatot at the National Police Headquarters, Tuesday, April 5, quoted from Antara.

This monitoring is carried out for 24 hours to prevent the mode of copying and hoarding that may occur amid the issue of rising fuel prices after the Pertamax price increase as of April 1.

In addition to the directorate of special crimes, supervision involves the directorate of certain crimes (Tipidter), as well as coordinating with related parties.

"Ensuring that stock and distribution in the area are safe, and the goal is also from the Crime of Sustainability to certain criminal acts (Tipidter) to the local police stations to help prevent any mixing or hoarding cucumbers, that will be monitored for 24 hours, during the month of Ramadan", said Gatot.

The day before, the National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, after a meeting with the Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang at the National Police Headquarters, Monday, April 4 briefly mentioned the fluctuations in fuel prices that began to occur in the field.

“National Police assists in supervising distribution, then availability helps monitor if there is a shortage in the area, we report to stakeholders. Even if there are irregularities, then the task of the police will be to step down", said Gatot.

The government has issued a policy that people are allowed to go home for Eid al-Fitr, it is estimated that there will be euphoria in people who will return to their hometowns after two years of being eliminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Police predicts that there will be around 70 to 80 million people carrying out homecoming this year.

Meanwhile, as of April 1, the government has raised the price of Pertamax from IDR 9,000 to IDR 12.500 per liter, which has made people switch to using other types of fuel, such as Pertalite.