It was early morning last Wednesday, when Rukiyah found herself debating with Ipah, a vegetable seller at a small market in the Sugutamu village of Depok, West Java.

"How come eggs still cost Rp16,000 a kilo? Last week you said, prices have gone up because fuel prices were going to go up. Now that the fuel price rise has been cancelled, how come the price of eggs stays high?" Rukiyah asked.

The vegetable-seller stood her ground, and said that sh