Central Java Prosecutors Investigate Nutrition Service Units, Including Police Facilities

Prosecutors in Indonesia's Central Java province are investigating potential corruption linked to the National Nutrition Agency (BGN). Regional prosecutor offices across the province are gathering information on all nutrition fulfillment service units (SPPG), including those operated by the police.

Arfan Triono, head of legal information at the Central Java High Prosecutor's Office, confirmed the data collection is a directive from the central office. "The regional prosecutor offices in Central Java are carrying out the central command to collect data and information on-site at the SPPG units. Not just police SPPGs, but all SPPGs," Triono stated.

He emphasized that this provincial-level data collection is a direct consequence of the central BGN corruption case. "We don't want the situation to be the same in the regions," Triono explained, aiming to prevent similar issues from emerging locally.

Triono refuted any connection between the SPPG data collection and recent searches conducted by the Indonesian National Police's special anti-corruption unit and the Metro Jaya Regional Police in Jakarta. Those searches reportedly involved a high-ranking prosecutor from the Attorney General's Office. "The SPPG data collection activities were carried out before that. That's why I said this is a consequence of the BGN case at the center, it has nothing to do with what happened yesterday," he asserted.

Furthermore, Triono denied that regional prosecutors have summoned or interrogated any police personnel in relation to the SPPG data collection. "As of now, we have not summoned or interrogated anyone. What we are doing is data collection, gathering information on-site," he clarified.