Cooking oil-fuel mixture sold

Cooking oil-fuel mixture sold

SEMARANG: Central Java Police arrested five people on Thursday
suspected of selling cooking oil mixed with diesel fuel over the
past few weeks, leaving consumers in five villages suffering from
food poisoning.

Police spokesman Lt. Col. Ramlie said police seized 3,000
liters of the mixture. The five suspects hailed from Banyumas,
and their distribution area covered a number of cities in the
province.

Ramlie said the arrests were made after a number of villagers
complained of headaches and stomachaches after eating food fried
in the oil.

Separately, the chairman of Semarang's consumer protection
organization, Guritno, said he believed the mixture was sold not
only for profit, but also to create unrest and panic in the
community. (06/45)