Kompolnas: Police Guarantee Availability Of Cooking Oil In The Market

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo checks the availability of bulk cooking oil to traders at Lemabang Market, South Sumatra, Friday (1/4/2022). (ANTARA/HO-Polri Public Relations Division)

JAKARTA - Member of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) Mohammad Dawam that the National Police's action in handling the cooking oil shortage case is in accordance with applicable regulations and helps ensure the availability of cooking oil stocks in the market.

"The actions of the Police in various law enforcement cases, in our opinion, are in an 'on the track' position, including the investigation into the cooking oil mafia," said Mohammad Dawam in a written statement quoted by Antara, Wednesday, April 20.

Dawam said that the National Police had succeeded in dismantling cooking oil hoards in a number of areas. According to him, this action shows the preparedness of the police in following up on violations of the law that occur in the community.

"The disclosure of hoarding in various areas shows the preparedness of the Police in terms of guaranteeing the availability of basic commodities for the wider community, especially ahead of Eid al-Fitr," he said.

Kompolnas asked the people who were harmed by the actions of the cooking oil mafia to complain to the police in all regions of Indonesia.

Dawam said that as long as all the elements, both the administration of the complaint and the substance of the problem, were clear, the Police would definitely follow up.

"Of course the Police as protectors and protectors of the community have the same way of thinking in guaranteeing the availability of basic supplies, especially before and after the holiday," he said.

Meanwhile, Police observer Inspector General (Purn) Sisno Adiwinoto said that the problem of cooking oil scarcity in Indonesia is quite complex.

Related to this problem, various efforts have been made by the government and the National Police through making special policies related to cooking oil, including controlling the distribution of goods/cooking oil from upstream to downstream.

Then carry out inspections of cooking oil producers, inspections to markets and minimarkets, as well as the provision of subsidies by the government for bulk cooking oil, while returning packaged cooking oil prices to economic prices.