Earlier this year the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that they had commenced investigation into allegations of corruption at the root of the problem which caused the cooking oil shortage and price surcharge. By May, the AGO had named several suspects, then the President decided to dismiss the Minister of Trade, M Lutfi, after serving for less than two years. Trial of the defendants started several weeks ago and in the midst of all that, the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) announced that it had escalated the investigation on alleged cartel-like practices in the cooking oil industry into the next phase and officially will examined 27 companies in Assembly hearings. The hearings will start next week.To subscribe please click here
