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Corruption and greed blamed for kerosene crisis in North Sumatra.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| October 27, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From The Jakarta Post)

State oil and gas company PT Pertamina's Marketing Unit I of the Medan office accused on Saturday two parties behind the shortage of kerosene in North Sumatra province, namely Pertamina's distributors and a certain "kerosene mafia."

Juliadi, Pertamina spokesman in North Sumatra, revealed a recent finding that 13 Pertamina distributors had breached contracts with Pertamina, which resulted in the shortage of kerosene in some areas.

He said those 13 distributors were among 212 distributors in North Sumatra, whom Pertamina supplied with between 20 and 30 tons of kerosene a day.

The irregularities committed by the …

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