Fragments in rice rations

Fragments in rice rations

BANDA ACEH, Aceh: Deputy Governor Zainuddin A.G. was not amused to hear reports that local administration employees have been returning their rice rations because they were found to contain stone fragments and sand.

Zainuddin summoned the general-secretary of the Governor Office's cooperative, Fachruddin, and requested that he return the rice immediately to Dolog, the local logistic agency which supplied the commodity, and ask for a replacement supply.

Fachruddin said some 300 kg of the 13 tons of rice distributed to government employees at the start of the year have been returned to his office.

Manan Zainuddin, the chief of Aceh's logistic agency, told Antara that this month's rice rations were imported from India at a cost of Rp 1 billion. (emb)