Indonesia Probes Two Major Corruption Schemes in Nutrition Program; Five Suspects Named

Indonesia's Attorney General's Office is actively pursuing two significant corruption schemes within the "Makan Bergizi Gratis" (MBG) program, a national nutrition initiative. The investigation has already led to the designation of five suspects, including former officials from the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) and private sector figures.

Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, Director of Investigation for the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, detailed the two main modus operandi under scrutiny. The first involves the alleged trading of nutritional service points (SPPG), while the second centers on irregularities in the procurement of goods and services.

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So the two clusters are what we are investigating in parallel.

Among the named suspects are former BGN officials Dadan Hindayana, Lodewyk Pusung, and Sony Sonjaya. Asep Yusuf Somantri, a private individual involved in securing SPPG locations, and Andri Mulyono, a commissioner of PT Yasa Artha Trimanunggal implicated in the electric motorcycle procurement, have also been named. The investigation into the procurement of these electric motorcycles was specifically highlighted on June 12, 2026.

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For tonight, we have named a suspect in one of these procurement processes, namely the electric motorcycle.