Finding Cooking Oil Hoarding, NTT Prosecutor's Office Waits For Attorney General's Instructions

Head of the Legal Information and Public Relations Section of the East Nusa Tenggara High Court, Abdul Hakim. ANTARA/Benny Jahang

KUPANG - The East Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office found indications of an alleged hoarding of cooking oil involving distributors in Kupang City which resulted in the scarcity and high price of cooking oil in this area.

"After there was an order from the Attorney General to all prosecutors to reveal the existence of a mafia behind the scarcity of cooking oil, the NTT High Prosecutor's investigation team immediately moved on Saturday, April 24 and found indications of hoarding," said Head of the Legal Information and Public Relations Section of the High Prosecutor's Office. East Nusa Tenggara Province Abdul Hakim in Kupang, reported by Antara, Tuesday, April 26.

According to Abdul Hakim, the findings of the investigative team will be reported to the Attorney General to determine the legal status of whether the case is alleged to have been found. The hoarding of cooking oil in Kupang City will continue to the investigation stage or not.

"Today the NTT High Prosecutor's Office reports the findings. If the instructions from the Attorney General's Office are continued with the legal process, those suspected of hoarding will be immediately summoned for questioning by investigators," said Abdul Hakim.

He stated that the impact of the hoarding of cooking oil caused a shortage of cooking oil in the markets so that the selling price of cooking oil became relatively expensive.