AGO to Soon Examine Sony Sonjaya, Justice Collaborator in BGN Case

The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has scheduled an examination of former Deputy Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Sony Sonjaya to confirm the justice collaborator (JC) application he submitted.

“We are studying (the JC application). In the near future, we will conduct an examination of suspect SS (Sony Sonjaya) to confirm the JC application submitted to us,” said the Director of Investigation at the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, at the AGO on Friday evening.

Sony Sonjaya was named a suspect in the alleged corruption case concerning the governance of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme for 2025-2026. He was designated a suspect on 3 June 2026, along with former BGN Head Dadan Hindayana (DH) and former Deputy Head for Organisational Development and Institutional Support Lodewyk Pusung (LP).

Through his lawyer, Krisna Murti, Sony Sonjaya sent a letter requesting justice collaborator status to Jampidsus on Monday (8/6). Syarief stated that his office has received the JC application letter and is examining and studying the information to be provided and the evidence already obtained by investigators, which will determine whether the application is accepted or not.

“Because JC status is given to a perpetrator. A perpetrator who is willing to become a witness to expose a larger role,” he said. From that information, he added, investigators will determine if there is another, larger role or where the authority lies to carry it out.

Regarding the names disclosed by Sony Sonjaya in his investigation report (BAP), Syarief mentioned that his office will examine the suspect first to dig for information related to the JC. “Focus on that first. After receiving this (JC application), we will examine suspect SS so that the person concerned can explain to us what information he has obtained. So, it is not just names, but what the information is,” said Syarief.

To date, the AGO has named five suspects in this case. The two other suspects, newly designated on 6 and 12 June 2026, are Asep Yusuf Somantri, a private party, and Andri Mulyono, Commissioner of PT Yasa Artha Trimanunggal (YAT), the vendor for the ‘Emmo’ brand electric motorcycles used by BGN.