The Attorney General\u2019s Office (Kejagung) has disclosed that the\nbudget for the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme has been managed by\nfoundations affiliated with the former Head of the National Nutrition\nAgency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, and his associates. The MBG programme is\nallocated a budget of Rp85.20 trillion for 2025 and Rp268 trillion for\n2026, sourced from the State Budget (APBN).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe budget should have been managed by foundations within each\nschool. However, in reality, the foundations appointed as partners for\nthe School Nutrition Implementation Unit (SPPG) were used as vehicles\nfor crime and are affiliated with officials or employees of the BGN who\ndo not meet the requirements to be SPPG partners,\u201d stated the Director\nof Investigation of the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes,\nSyarfe Sulaeman Nahdi, during a press conference on Wednesday (3\/6).<\/p>\n
Syarief noted that despite failing to meet the necessary criteria,\nthese foundations were still appointed through the manipulation of the\nverification process on the BGN partner portal, under the direction of\nthe suspects. \u201cThese foundations receive incentives amounting to\nbillions of rupiah every day. These foundations are affiliated with,\namong others, individuals DH, SS, and LP,\u201d Syarief added.<\/p>\n
He further explained that \u2018affiliation\u2019 implies that these\nfoundations are effectively owned or controlled by others through\nproxies. Previously, the Attorney General\u2019s Office named the former Head\nof the National Nutrition Agency, Dadan Hindayana, as a corruption\nsuspect. The designation followed an interrogation by investigators of\nthe Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes on Wednesday (3\/6). In\naddition to Dadan, the Attorney General\u2019s Office also named two former\nDeputy Heads of the BGN, Sony Sonjaya and Lodewyk Pusung, as suspects.\nFollowing their designation as suspects, all three individuals were\nimmediately detained at the Salemba Detention Centre for investigation\npurposes.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/attorney-generals-office-free-nutritious-meal-budget-managed-by-foundations-affiliated-with-former-bgn-head-1780843041", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }