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Minister of Commerce Muhammad Lutfi | admits to be surprised because of stock cooking oil in North Sumatra there are many but there is a scarcity in the market. Lutfi said he would coordinate with law enforcement officials to check this.
“I will also coordinate with law enforcement officials because this number is not only abundant, but the number is like a flood. It should be in Medan City to Kisaran,” said Lutfi at the Gubsu official residence, Medan, Saturday (26/2/2022).
From the data, Lutfi said there were 33 million liters of cooking oil in North Sumatra on February 14 to 24, 2022. The distribution of the location for the distribution of this cooking oil is clear.
“The distribution is clear everywhere and this shows that there is no reason that cooking oil is rare in North Sumatra,” he said.
Lutfi said he did not want to accuse any party regarding the difficulty of finding cooking oil in the market. Even so, he asked the authorities to thoroughly investigate this matter.
“So I once again do not accuse the perpetrators in North Sumatra,” said Lutfi.
“But because the numbers are too many and not in accordance with the conditions in the market, we are forced to involve the law enforcement agencies. I ask the law enforcement agencies to take firm action against the unlawful acts committed by the perpetrators, both from producers and retailers, ” he added.
The Governor of North Sumatra Edy Rahmayadi said the same thing. He said he would look for the whereabouts of this cooking oil.
“We are looking for the gaps that we have to do. Actually, this item is there, but we will look for it later. After this, I will have a technical meeting with the heads of district/city offices and market players,” explained Edy.
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