East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Police Chief Inspector General Johanis Asadoma ensured that there was no hoarding or misuse of kerosene (BBM) in the midst of the scarcity of these commodities.
Johanis said his party had dispatched a team to investigate the cause of the fuel shortage.
"When there was a shortage of kerosene, I had formed a team and had investigated this matter and the results were not found hoarding kerosene," Johanis said when giving a press statement in Kupang, Antara, Tuesday, November 29.
The former head of the International Relations Division at the National Police Headquarters added that the queue for the purchase of kerosene in Kupang City occurred purely due to a reduction in the annual quota of kerosene type fuel by 3.48 percent for the NTT region.
"So, because there is a reduction in the amount of quota, it can be seen that there is a shortage of fuel for kerosene and there is a queue for fuel," he added.
Therefore, the NTT Police have coordinated with Pertamina to prevent disturbances in security and order due to the scarcity of kerosene.
According to him, the queue for kerosene also occurred because there was an increase in economic activity and the community needed kerosene, so that everyone was fighting over the fuel. Johanis appealed to the whole community to remain calm in the face of the existing phenomenon.
"Because the government is trying to make the situation conducive and normal again," he said.
Based on Antara's monitoring, in the last few weeks the queue for kerosene fuel has occurred at a number of points in Kupang City. Pertamina then collaborated with the Kupang City Government to manage the operation of the kerosene market to anticipate price games.
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