Jakarta, March 10 -- Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman advocates severe penalties against companies producing MinyaKita subsidized cooking oil in quantities that fail to meet the government's required volume standards.

"Those found guilty of violating regulations deserve to face firm actions," he remarked after a meeting with Chairperson of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), Anindya Bakrie, in Jakarta on Monday.

His call for action follows the discovery of discrepancies in the actual quantity of oil versus the packaging claims for MinyaKita products from three producers during an inspection at Lenteng Agung Market in South Jakarta on Saturday (March 8).

Sulaiman stressed that the three cooking oil producers...