Beef Prosperity
Thousands of tons of imported frozen meat remain stuck at Tanjung Priok Port because the importers allegedly exceeded their quota and allowable tonnage, in addition to lacking proper supporting documents. But this could well be the upshot of a conflict of quotas between leaders and members of the Justice and Prosperity Party.
March 16, 2011
SOME 143 containers filled with 2,750 tons of imported meat are piled high inside the Jakarta International Container Terminal at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta. Last Thursday afternoon, dozens of officers in orange vests and white helmets were seen checking temperatures inside the refrigerated containers in which the meat was stored.
Fifty-one containers are being held by the Quarantine Board of the Agriculture Ministry while the rest are
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