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BEKASI, KOMPAS.com - Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono appealed fake LPG cylinder manufacturers and their products do not fit the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) to halt their production activities. When the plant was still producing gas cylinder known fake or not in accordance with SNI, entrepreneur will be dealt with firmly by the government.

The appeal was submitted by the Great after he and his entourage visited the factory LPG cylinder and accessory packages for kerosene to LPG in Jababeka Industrial Estate, Cikarang, Bekasi, Friday (09/07/2010) earlier. Great accompanied entourage, among others, Minister of Industry, Mustafa S Hidayat and Pertamina President Director Karen Agustiawan.

Great Hall of the report, based Materials and Industrial Goods Directorate of Chemical Engineering at the Ministry of Industry, Downstream, the manufacturer of LPG cylinders and accessories, which was recorded, in the Ministry of Industry as much as 15 firms. Of this number, as many as 14 companies are producing products according to SNI and one other company in the ISO registration process. Plant, who visited the Great and his entourage in Jababeka earlier, namely PT Multi Lestari, including one of 14 companies whose products are in accordance with SNI.

Further appealed to the Supreme not only did not halt the production of gas cylinders in accordance with SNI, he also called on the parties, who seek profit by transferring the content of subsidized LPG cylinder to a non-subsidized, or mixing, in order to stop its activities.

Court affirmed the government will take firm action against those pengoplos subsidized LPG. Moving content of subsidized LPG cylinder to a non subsidies as illegal and detrimental to the state and can cause danger to users, namely the public.