Hiswana Migas Receives Report Of LPG 12 Kg Oplosan Marak Circulating In Aceh

Illustration - Officers held evidence of 12 Kg LPG gas cylinders when the LPG mixing case was released (ANTARA PHOTO/Sigid Kurniawan/ama)

The Aceh National Oil and Gas Entrepreneurs Association (Hiswana Migas) found that many related reports had begun to circulate 12 kg of LPG mixed in rencong land. This problem must be addressed immediately by the Aceh Provincial Government.

"The LPG of 12 kg is already very mushrooming in Aceh, and it is increasing day by day," said Head of Hiswana Migas Aceh Nahrawi Noerdin, in Banda Aceh, reported by ANTARA, Saturday, July 29.

Nahrawi said that the circulation of LPG 12 kg of oplosan was initially circulating in small volumes, but because there was no firm action or omission, it has now become rampant in Aceh.

As a result of the large number of LPG 12 oplosan, said Nahrawi, currently it turns out that the price disparity is in the community. The official LPG costs Rp210 per tube, and if there is something much cheaper, then it should be suspected that it was mixed.

Nahrawi suspects that the LPG 12 kg of oplosan was brought from North Sumatra to be marketed to Aceh. Therefore, in neighboring provinces, there is always a shortage of 3 kg subsidized LPG due to mixing.

"Everyone was thrown into Aceh. Now I am sure that there are a lot of 12 kg LPG in Aceh that are oplos, especially when the price is cheaper under Pertamina's provisions," he said.

Hiswana said that the mixed LPG was brought to Aceh using public goods transport trucks such as vegetables and others, even through travel, because the transportation costs were also cheaper.

Hiswana requested that goods trucks to Aceh also be raided considering that the car was not allowed to transport LPG because it could cause fires and so on.

"If they can get a truck to Aceh, they will be raided because they are not allowed to transport LPG, but must be used as a standard car," he said.

Regarding this issue, Hiswana asked the Aceh Government to immediately write to the North Sumatra Government to take care of each other, not to always be a spill.

"Always Aceh is a spill, especially when LPG officially does not sell, does not provide additional income for Aceh (PAD). So the government needs attention from the two regions," said Nahrawi.