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View all search resultsInside ploy may be behind plastic rice issue: DPR speaker
House of Representatives (DPR) deputy speaker Agus Hermanto says the circulation of synthetic or âplasticâ rice at markets could be an inside ploy to disrupt food supplies and create public dissent toward the government
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ouse of Representatives (DPR) deputy speaker Agus Hermanto says the circulation of synthetic or 'plastic' rice at markets could be an inside ploy to disrupt food supplies and create public dissent toward the government.
The suspicion, the Democratic Party lawmaker said, was because synthetic rice is reportedly more expensive to produce than regular rice, making the emergence of the problem itself odd.
'Don't just look at the fact that plastic rice comes from imports. The polemic could have a domestic political motive so that food supplies will be disrupted and stir public anger toward the government,' Agus told reporters on Tuesday at the House of Representatives complex.
He added that he supported the plan of House Commission IV on food security to form an investigative working group to prevent the distribution of synthetic rice and pinpoint the culprits, because it was an issue that affected the entire nation.
Commission IV plans to hold a meeting with the Agricultural Ministry, the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) and the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) to discuss the matter before forming the working group.(++++)
