AGO Exposes Dadan et al.'s Game in MBG Corruption: The Trio Worked Together
Jakarta – Allegations of governance corruption in the 2025-2026 Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme are emerging one by one. After naming former National Nutrition Agency (BGN) head Dadan Hindayana and two of his former deputies as suspects, the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has now disclosed that the three are suspected of playing out the same scenario. Dadan Hindayana, Sony Sonjaya, and Lodewyk Pusung are said to have known about and collaborated in the alleged corruption of the MBG programme’s governance, which took place from 2025 to 2026.
‘The three worked together. Essentially, they all knew about it,’ said Plh Head of the AGO’s Legal Information Centre, Mohammad Jeffry, on Thursday, 4 June 2026. This statement signals that investigators do not view the alleged irregularities as individual actions. However, the AGO has not yet opened up in detail the pattern of cooperation or the division of roles of each suspect in the case.
Interestingly, the alleged corruption under investigation does not only target the procurement of goods in the MBG programme. Investigators also found indications of foul play in determining the locations of the Nutritional Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG) or MBG kitchens, which are the spearhead of programme implementation. ‘Yesterday it was conveyed that besides being related to the procurement of goods, it is also related to the SPPG points, the kitchen points,’ he stated.
This finding is in line with the case construction previously outlined by the investigation team. In its implementation, the MBG programme is known to be run through foundations affiliated with beneficiary schools. However, a number of foundations that obtained projects and managed SPPGs are suspected to have connections with BGN officials at the time. Investigators even found that some foundations were appointed despite not meeting the requirements as implementing partners.
The Director of Investigation for the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, stated that these foundations gained enormous profits from the programme. ‘And these foundations received daily incentives of billions of rupiah. And among these affiliated foundations are those owned by Mr DH, Mr SS, and Mr LP,’ Syarief said. The alleged involvement of affiliated foundations receiving projects is now one of the investigators’ main focuses. The AGO is also continuing to trace the process of determining SPPG points suspected to be part of the corruption practice.