AGO Studies Justice Collaborator Request from Sony Sanjaya
The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has confirmed receipt of a justice collaborator (JC) application filed by former National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Deputy Head Sony Sanjaya, a suspect in a corruption case concerning the management of the free nutritious meal (MBG) programme. Director of Investigations at the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, stated that the request is currently under review. “The letter has been received and is being studied,” he told reporters on Wednesday (10/6).
Syarief said his office has not yet decided whether to accept or reject the JC application submitted by Sony. He also stated there is no time limit for investigators during the review process. Syarief only noted that his party would also consider the evidence already obtained before deciding on Sony’s JC status. “There is no deadline, we will study it first and then check the evidence that has been gathered,” he said.
Previously, Sony officially applied to become a justice collaborator in the corruption case involving the MBG programme’s governance. Sony’s lawyer, Krisna Murti, said the JC application was made by his client not to avoid the ongoing legal process. He claimed that through this JC status, his client would be cooperative and reveal other parties involved in the case. Krisna admitted his client had been frequently contacted by figures within executive, legislative, and judicial circles regarding the MBG programme. He even mentioned that Sony had already conveyed the names of 26 figures to investigators at the Junior Attorney General’s Office for Special Crimes.
He stressed that all communication records are clearly documented on Sony’s mobile phone, which has currently been confiscated by investigators. Therefore, Krisna urged that the evidence of these conversations be disclosed to the public. The Attorney General’s Office previously named former Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Dadan Hindayana, along with former BGN Deputy Heads Sony Sonjaya and Lodewyk Pusung, as suspects in the MBG programme governance corruption case.
In this matter, Director of Investigations Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi explained that the MBG programme was supposed to be managed by foundations affiliated with recipient schools. However, in practice, many SPPG providers were appointed because they had affiliations with senior BGN officials. Syarief stated that these foundations essentially also did not meet the requirements to become SPPG partners. The three suspects are also alleged to have marked up prices during procurement, causing losses that did not support the operational implementation of the MBG programme. He detailed non-compliant procurements totalling 21,801 electric motorcycles valued at Rp1.03 trillion, 32,000 pairs of shoes, 31,994 tablet units, and 5,400 75-inch televisions.