Politics · Indonesia · 7 hrs ago
DPR deputy urges police and prosecutors to tackle food price manipulation
Indonesia’s Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman blamed alleged food market manipulation for high chicken and egg prices.
He said consumers were paying more while some poultry farmers were receiving lower prices and had protested at parliament.
Ahmad Sahroni, deputy head of parliament’s Commission III, called on police and prosecutors to help tackle the alleged practices.
He urged them to use oversight, prevention and enforcement, but the account gives no details of an investigation.
Sahroni said manipulation could harm consumers, farmers and local livestock producers by disrupting prices and supply.
He also said tackling it matters to President Prabowo Subianto’s goal of food self-sufficiency.
The next step described is a call for law enforcement agencies to support the agriculture minister’s effort.
Ahmad Sahroni, deputy chair of the Indonesian House of Representatives’ Commission III, urged police and prosecutors to help tackle alleged food price manipulation.
He called for enforcement measures including monitoring, prevention and prosecution.
Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman accused food syndicates of contributing to high chicken and egg prices.
Amran said consumers faced high prices while poultry and egg farmers were struggling with low selling prices.
Sahroni said food price manipulation could harm local farmers and threaten the government’s food self-sufficiency agenda.
- Who
- Ahmad Sahroni urged police and the Attorney General’s Office to act. Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman made the allegations about food price manipulation.
- What
- Sahroni called for law enforcement agencies to help tackle alleged food syndicates and market manipulation.
- When
- The article was published on October 15, 2026. It says Amran raised the issue at a meeting on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Jakarta, Indonesia. Amran spoke at a regional inflation-control coordination meeting in Jakarta.
- Why
- Sahroni said alleged food syndicates were harming the public, farmers and local livestock breeders, and could undermine food self-sufficiency.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Amran raised concerns about chicken and egg prices at a regional inflation-control coordination meeting in Jakarta.
Detik published its report on Sahroni’s call for police and prosecutors to help tackle food price manipulation.
The article says Sahroni made his remarks on Friday, October 16, though this date is after the publication date.
- Official
- Ahmad Sahroni
- Institutions asked to act
- Indonesian National Police and Attorney General’s Office
- Prices highlighted
- Chicken and eggs
- Meeting date
- October 12, 2026
- Outlet publication date
- October 15, 2026
What people are saying
Commission III asks the Police and Attorney General’s Office to give full support to the Minister of Agriculture’s agenda to eradicate food syndicates down to their roots.
The state must step in to eradicate this parasite.
This is an anomaly, sir. We need to point this out.