The impact of the raid on the Surabaya City Government Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) on the candy dot last week had a long tail.
Not only in Surabaya, similar seizures were also carried out in several other areas in Indonesia.
This was stated by PT Petrona Inti Chemindo's attorney (importer of thumb candy), Prihadi Saputro at a journalists' meeting at the Marriott Hotel, Monday (13/3/2017).
"Not only in Surabaya, some of our traders in areas where the majority of small traders say they are restless. Those (traders) in Jakarta, Bekasi, and several others claim that their merchandise has been confiscated," Prihadi told reporters.
"In fact, it is the small traders who spearhead us," he continued.
Prihadi then linked the incident to the finger candy raid in October last year.
As is known, as is the case with pacifiers, finger candy was also declared negative for drugs by the Food and Drug Administration (BPOM).
"If we look back, an incident like this is similar to a raid on finger candy," said Prihadi.
"Unfortunately, the evidence presented by BPOM at that time was too late. The importer had already gone bankrupt," said Prihadi.
"Therefore, we don't want a similar incident to repeat itself. The news that has been rolling so far, we ask to be straightened out. The bad news for days against us should also be paid for with good news with the same duration," he continued.
Despite admitting a huge loss, PT Petrona is reluctant to reveal the amount. "For the details of the loss, we cannot mention it," he explained.