Jakarta, June 23 -- Indonesia's Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa decided to destroy imported secondhand clothes as follow-up action against illegal imports, following consultations with the stakeholders.

In a press conference in the buffer area of the Container Deport Center (CDC) Banda, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Tuesday, Purbaya stated he had engaged the industry stakeholders in deciding the next steps regarding illegal goods entering Indonesia.

"We had a discussion with the industry and they said the could use it. When we offered, they said the could not afford it. So, I think we should just destroy it," he noted.

Funding would be provided to destroy secondhand clothing, he added, including illegal goods stored at other p...