Jakarta, April 29 -- Indonesian Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is planning to form a task force to combat the sale of counterfeit goods and protect domestic small businesses.

This plan in response to a report about the Mangga Dua shopping centre in Jakarta being a hotspot for counterfeit or pirated products, MSMEs Minister Maman Abdurrahman told the press last week.

The minister said that the report has prompted the Ministry of MSMEs to move toward the formation of a task force for the protection and empowerment of MSMEs in Indonesia, adding that the planned task force would be empowered to take action against those involved in the distribution and sale of counterfeit goods.

According to the minister, his team...