AGO Seals BGN Electric Motorcycle Warehouse in Sentul Over MBG Corruption
The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) sealed a warehouse for electric motorcycles owned by the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) in Sentul, West Java, on Wednesday (17/06).
Director of Investigation for the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, stated that the sealing is related to the corruption case involving the management of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme for the 2025-2026 period. “It is true (investigators went to the BGN procurement electric motorcycle warehouse in Sentul),” he confirmed via text message.
However, he clarified that the sealing does not mean all electric motorcycles in the warehouse will be seized. Syarief noted that authorities will also gradually visit other electric motorcycle storage facilities in the Daan Mogument area, West Jakarta.
The sealing was conducted to count the number of electric motorcycles currently in the warehouse to ensure they are not transferred to other parties and remain under official monitoring. “This is just to check the quantity and apply seals. (Other warehouses) will be visited gradually,” he said.
Previously, Syarief urged the BGN to immediately distribute the electric motorcycles already in the warehouse so they can be utilised for the MBG programme. He emphasised that distribution is vital so that the available motorcycles are put to use rather than left idle in warehouses.
“Not all items must become evidence. Since this is a public service, we will not seize all the motorcycles,” he told reporters. Syarief emphasised that the authorities only need to track the procurement history of the problematic motorcycles, meaning a total seizure is unnecessary.
“We will also encourage cooperation with the BGN to expedite the distribution process for those motorcycles. Currently, they remain in warehouses; only a small portion has reached its destination in the communities and kitchens,” he explained.
The Attorney General’s Office has identified five suspects in the corruption case involving the management of the 2025-2026 Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme. The suspects include the former Head of BGN, Dadan Hindayana; former Deputy Heads of BGN, Sony Sonjaya and Lodewyk Pusung; Sony’s associate, Asep Yusuf Somantri (AYS); and the Commissioner of PT Yasa Artha Trimanunggal (YAT), Andri Mulyono.
In this case, the Attorney General’s Office explained that the MBG programme should have been managed by the Service Unit for Nutrition Fulfilment (SPPG) foundations affiliated with recipient schools. However, in practice, many appointed SPPGs had affiliations with BGN officials, and many foundations did not meet the necessary requirements to become SPPG partners.
Furthermore, there were price mark-ups in procurement, leading to losses that undermined the operational execution of the MBG. The inflated procurement included 21,801 electric motorcycles valued at IDR 1.03 trillion, 32,000 pairs of shoes, 31,994 tablets, and 5,400 75-inch televisions.