AGO Names New Suspect in Free Nutritious Meals Corruption Case with Initials AYS

Investigators from the Directorate of Investigation at the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes have officially named a new suspect from the private sector, identified by the initials AYS, in the alleged corruption case concerning the management of the Free Nutritious Meals programme at the National Nutrition Agency. Director of Investigation Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi confirmed that AYS was named a suspect on Saturday, 6 June 2026. AYS is suspected of being involved in manipulating the partner registration system for this national strategic project. The investigating team has named another suspect, AYS, a private party, as a suspect, Syarief stated at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta on Thursday. Syarief explained that AYS’s role began with a request from suspect SS, former Deputy Head of the National Nutrition Agency, to find programme partner providers. During the process, SS allegedly provided unlawful special access to AYS to intervene with the partner verification team. This access was used by AYS to map vacant communal kitchen points and cancel the registration status of prospective Nutritional Fulfilment Service Units that had previously been approved on the official portal. After carrying out unilateral cancellations, AYS entered new service unit parties affiliated with him, even though the system registration had actually been closed. SS unlawfully gave access to AYS to intervene with the Free Nutritious Meals partner verification team so he could identify vacant kitchen points and manage prospective service units, Syarief explained. In return for this project monopoly and data manipulation, AYS allegedly handed over a sum of money to SS. For his actions, AYS has been charged under Article 12 letters a and b of the Corruption Crime Law, as well as Article 605 paragraph 2 and Article 606 of the Criminal Code. AYS is currently detained for the next 20 days at the Salemba Detention Centre branch of the South Jakarta District Prosecutor’s Office. To date, the Attorney General’s Office has named a total of four suspects in the corruption case concerning the management of the free meals programme, namely former Head of the agency Dadan Hindayana, his two former deputies Sony Sonjaya and Lodewyk Pusung, and the newest suspect from the private sector, AYS.