Cheap rice being stolen: Dolog chief<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The head of the provincial logistics agency (Dolog
\nJaya), Hary Syahdan, confirmed last Saturday reports that
\nsubsidized rice for the poor had been stolen.<\/p>\n
Hary said officials at the subdistrict or district levels were
\nstealing some of the rice during distribution, dismissing the
\npossibility that discrepancies in the subsidized rice program
\nresulted from mistakes by Dolog Jaya officials during the
\nweighing of the rice.<\/p>\n
Dolog Jaya is responsible for the distribution of subsidized
\nrice to poor communities across the capital. The program is part
\nof the central government's efforts to offset the impact on the
\npoor of the withdrawal of the fuel subsidy.<\/p>\n
Under the subsidized rice program, poor families are allowed
\nto buy 20 kilograms of rice per month for Rp 1,000 per kilogram
\n(11 US cents), compared to the market price of Rp 2,800 per
\nkilogram.<\/p>\n
But according to reports, a number of poor families, such as
\nthose in Muara Angke, North Jakarta, have only been give 19.5
\nkilograms of rice. And some families in places such as Klender,
\nEast Jakarta, have not received any rice under the program.--JP<\/p>",
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