date:Apr 12, 2013
When Indonesian white sugar prices surged to record peaks last year, profits slumped at the small fruit and syrup drinks stall run by Lie Lie in Medan, the archipelago's fourth-largest city.
Lie Lie is part of the household industry that Indonesia's sugar refineries - dubbed 'sugar dragons' because of their growing size and clout in the sector - want to supply with cheaper and better quality sweetener.
Those opposed to granting refineries access to retail and household industry demand, a move