Agriculture Minister and National Food Agency (Bapanas) chief Amran\nSulaiman inspected a home in the Kayu Manis area of Matraman, East\nJakarta, on Wednesday (28 October 2026). The property is suspected of\nbeing used to repackage rice from the Food Supply and Price\nStabilisation (SPHP) programme as premium rice.<\/p>\n
Amran arrived at about 11.12am local time. Outside the house, he\nimmediately asked for the gate to be opened so he could inspect the\nactivity and evidence inside.<\/p>\n
A number of sacks of white rice were piled up at the site. Sacks of\nSPHP rice had apparently been opened, and packaging was scattered across\nthe floor.<\/p>\n
Amran inspected the rice with police officers and also viewed sacks\nbeing transported by lorry. The rice is suspected of having been\nrepackaged for sale as premium rice.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is being mixed, isn\u2019t it?\u201d Amran said as he examined the\nsite.<\/p>\n
Amran said SPHP rice, which should sell for Rp12,500 per kilogram,\nwas allegedly being repackaged and sold as premium rice for Rp17,000 per\nkilogram.<\/p>\n
\u201cSPHP rice is subsidised by the government. Its price should be\nRp12,500 [per kilogram], but it is being sold for Rp17,000 [per\nkilogram] after being mixed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Amran said the initial report he had received indicated that 600\ntonnes of rice had been found. He suspected the total quantity\nrepackaged by the network could reach thousands of tonnes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe report I received earlier was 600 tonnes. But that is what we\nhave now. So this must already amount to thousands of tonnes,\u201d Amran\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He also said the SPHP rice was suspected of coming from a Bulog\nwarehouse in Kelapa Gading. However, he stressed that the police still\nneeded to investigate whether other parties, including Bulog employees,\nwere involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt came from the warehouse in Kelapa Gading, for now. But it is\npossible this is happening elsewhere too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Amran urged police to investigate the case across the wider network.\nHe said anyone found to be involved must face firm action, including any\nemployees of government agencies.<\/p>\n
He said the suspected repackaging harmed the public because SPHP rice\nis subsidised and intended to keep food affordable, particularly for\nlow-income households.<\/p>\n
According to Amran, police had arrested a suspect. He called for the\ninvestigation to continue to identify everyone involved, as well as the\ndistribution channels through which the rice was allegedly sold as\npremium rice.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspect has been arrested. But we need to pursue this and get to\nthe root of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/amran-raids-matraman-home-suspected-of-repackaging-sphp-rice-1793166693", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }