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40769
Thu, 01/15/2009 - 12:22
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SECURITY FORCES NEED TO PREVENT ILLEGAL FUEL OIL EXPORTS TO TIMOR LESTE
Kupang, NTT, Jan 14 (ANTARA) - The security forces in the border area shared by East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and Timor Leste should prevent illegal fuel oil exports from Indonesia to Timor Leste following cuts in premiun gasoline and diesel oil prices.
"Opportunities for illegal fuel oil exports to Timor Leste are wide open, because the price of the commodity in the neighboring country is quite high," an observer on Timor Leste affairs, Florencio Mario Vieira said here on Wednesday.
The price of premium gasoline in Timor Lester at present stood at 0.90 US dollar, equivalent to Rp9,900, a liter, while the price of diesel oil amounted to 0.75 US dollar cents, or Rp 8,250, per liter.
According to Mario, the unstable economic situation in Timor Leste may provide an opportunity to smuggle fuel oil from West Timor to Timor Leste by capitalizing on lower fuel oil prices in Indonesia.
"Those of the military, police or bureaucracy capitalizing on this situation in collaboration with naughty businessmen in the smuggling of fuel oil to Timor Leste should be arrested and brought to justice," he pointed out.
Meanwhile Antara had observed at several gas stations in Indonesia's West Timor that many vehicles with Timor Leste number license plates were free to buy fuel at the gasoline stations there.
One day after the government announced a cut in the price of premium gasoline by Rp4500 from Rp5000 as of January 15, more and more cars from Timor Leste had their tanks filled at the gas stations in Indonesia.
Mario said that a presidential instruction would be needed on foreign cars having their tanks filled at gas stations in Indonesian territory.
According to him, foreign cars having their tanks filled in Indonesia must pay international prices, because subsidized fuel oil in Indonesia is only meant for Indonesian motorists because they are taxpayers.
"It is therefore strange if foreigners also enjoy the Indonesian subsidized fuel," he said.
"Opportunities for illegal fuel oil exports to Timor Leste are wide open, because the price of the commodity in the neighboring country is quite high," an observer on Timor Leste affairs, Florencio Mario Vieira said here on Wednesday.
The price of premium gasoline in Timor Lester at present stood at 0.90 US dollar, equivalent to Rp9,900, a liter, while the price of diesel oil amounted to 0.75 US dollar cents, or Rp 8,250, per liter.
According to Mario, the unstable economic situation in Timor Leste may provide an opportunity to smuggle fuel oil from West Timor to Timor Leste by capitalizing on lower fuel oil prices in Indonesia.
"Those of the military, police or bureaucracy capitalizing on this situation in collaboration with naughty businessmen in the smuggling of fuel oil to Timor Leste should be arrested and brought to justice," he pointed out.
Meanwhile Antara had observed at several gas stations in Indonesia's West Timor that many vehicles with Timor Leste number license plates were free to buy fuel at the gasoline stations there.
One day after the government announced a cut in the price of premium gasoline by Rp4500 from Rp5000 as of January 15, more and more cars from Timor Leste had their tanks filled at the gas stations in Indonesia.
Mario said that a presidential instruction would be needed on foreign cars having their tanks filled at gas stations in Indonesian territory.
According to him, foreign cars having their tanks filled in Indonesia must pay international prices, because subsidized fuel oil in Indonesia is only meant for Indonesian motorists because they are taxpayers.
"It is therefore strange if foreigners also enjoy the Indonesian subsidized fuel," he said.
