AGO Orders Regional Prosecutors to Expose Nutrition Service Units Suspected in Free Nutritious Meal Case

The Attorney General’s Office has named five suspects in an alleged corruption case involving the management of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme. The AGO has also requested its regional offices to immediately expose nutrition service units (SPPG) suspected of involvement in the case. “The Attorney General’s Office will immediately instruct the regions to promptly expose several SPPGs that are suspected of having indications or involvement,” said AGO Head of Legal Information Centre Anang Supriatna at the BPA AGO office in South Jakarta on Monday (15/6/2026). Anang stated that investigators are still probing the funds allegedly transferred by suspect Asep Yusuf Somantri to former Deputy Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Sony Sonjaya, related to the alleged buying and selling of SPPG locations. Anang also has not yet disclosed the detailed roles of former BGN Head Dadan Hindayana and former BGN Deputy Head Lodewyk Pusung in the case. “The future direction of the investigation strategy cannot be fully revealed as it is still in the investigation stage. We cannot be open about it yet; that is part of the case material,” he said. Previously, the AGO had named five suspects in the MBG management case for the 2025-2026 period. The suspects include former BGN senior officials and a boss of a BGN electric motorcycle supplier. The list of suspects is as follows: 1. Former BGN Head Dadan Hindayana; 2. Former BGN Deputy Head Sony Sonjaya; 3. Former BGN Deputy Head Lodewyk Pusung; 4. Asep Yusuf Somantri, also known as AYS, a close associate of Sony; 5. Andri Mulyono, Commissioner of PT Yasa Artha Trimanunggal (PT YAT). The AGO suspects irregularities in the management of the MBG programme, including alleged affiliations between the suspects and foundations managing SPPGs, as well as suspected mark-ups in the procurement of electric motorcycles, shoes, tablets, and televisions.