Struggling to Control Cooking Oil Prices
The government struggles to restrain cooking oil prices. Meanwhile, the police flagged potential problems in the subsidy policy.
Khairul Anam
February 7, 2022
FOR the sake of cooking oil, Nita left her home at 6am and walked two kilometers to Alfamart Wisma Jaya store, in Duren Jaya, Bekasi City, West Java. Despite arriving early, Nita was behind in the race. “Apparently people had been queuing since 5am,” said Nita, a resident of Duren Jaya, on Wednesday, 2 February.
Nita then walked to Indomaret Pulau Bintan store in Aren Jaya, around 1 kilometer from Alfamart Wisma Jaya. She and her two
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