Husband, wife arrested for selling diluted fuel<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The City Police Chief, Maj. Gen. Moch. Hindarto,
\nsaid that the police has arrested a married couple for their
\nalleged involvement in the distribution of fake diesel fuel.<\/p>\n
Hindarto said over the weekend that TM, 32, the owner of PT.
\nWCR and his wife Yul, 28, are being detained for questioning
\nsince there is indication that their alleged activities were
\nsupported by a police officer.<\/p>\n
According to Commander of Military Police at the City Police
\nHeadquarters Lt. Col. Anwaruddin the suspected police officer is
\nnow being interrogated by the military police.<\/p>\n
\"We are still examining as to what extent the police officer
\nwas involved,\" Anwaruddin said.<\/p>\n
Anwaruddin said that TM allegedly provided bribe to a number
\nof reporters who knew of the selling of fake diesel fuel to a
\nnumber of companies in Tangerang, part of Greater Jakarta.<\/p>\n
However, Anwaruddin refused to reveal the reporters'
\nidentification.<\/p>\n
The crime was detected after the police received a report from
\nthe public about the quality of diesel fuel, which was
\ndistributed by PT WCR.<\/p>\n
Based on the report, the police raided PT WCR in Tangerang
\nafter they noticed 10 tank trucks each carrying 8,000 liters of
\nthe fuel entering the plant's courtyard. The trucks were believed
\nto come from a fuel depot of state-owned oil company Pertamina at
\nPlumpang, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Suspicious of PT WCR's activities, police officers
\ninterrogated TM and Yul, who later admitted that they drew off
\n2,000 liters of diesel fuel from each truck and blended the
\nremaining 6,000 with 40 liters of used lubricating oil and 1,960
\nliters of kerosene.<\/p>\n
They also allegedly admitted that the crime had been going on
\nsince 1992.<\/p>\n
\"We made profits of between Rp 8,000 and Rp 40,000 from each
\ntruck,\" Yul said as quoted by Antara news agency.<\/p>\n
The police suspected that the couple sold around ten tanks
\neach day to various factories operating in Tangerang.<\/p>\n
During the raid, the police confiscated one tank truck with
\nplate number of B 9548 CJ and a roll of fake Pertamina's wire
\nseals, which they used after breaking the original one from every
\ntank truck.<\/p>\n
Last year, a joint task force of Pertamina and some powerful
\nwatchdog government agencies made on-site inspections to monitor
\nthe quality of fuel and lubricating oil sold in local markets.<\/p>\n
Reportedly, the Jakarta chapter of the coordinating agency for
\nthe support of national stability and security (Bakorstanasda)
\nwas one of the agencies involved.<\/p>\n
The illegal processing and marketing of used lubricants has
\nseriously affected other legal producers, including Pertamina.<\/p>\n
Pertamina's lubricant output dropped from 340,785 tons in 1987
\nto 261,281 tons in 1988. After a massive raid conducted by the
\npolice in 1989, the state-owned oil company recorded a slight
\nincrease to 289,630 tons.(mas)<\/p>",
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