JAKARTA: The government has proposed turning illegally imported goods into industrial fuel for factories due to budget constraints that prevent it from destroying the contraband, but the idea has drawn a sharp rebuke from critics and industrialists, who say such a move could be burdensome rather than beneficial.
Trade Ministry Domestic Trade Director General Moga Simatupang came up with the idea of using the confiscated products, including textiles and machinery, as a source of energy for factories to save the government the cost of having to move and destroy them.
