Attorney General's Office Names New Suspect in MBG Case, Total Now Six

The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has named Glory Harimas Sihombing (GHS), Chair of the Indonesia Food Security Review Foundation, as a suspect in the corruption case concerning the governance of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme. This brings the total number of suspects in the case to six.

Director of Investigation at the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, stated that Glory, a private sector party, was asked by former BGN Head Dadan Hindayana to find partner foundations for the Nutrition Service and Fulfilment Units (SPPG). “GHS provided a sum of money, both in foreign currency and rupiah, to DH,” he said during a press conference on Thursday (18/6). For his actions, GHS was immediately detained for the next 20 days at the Salemba Detention Centre branch of the Attorney General’s Office.

Previously, the Attorney General’s Office had named five suspects in the MBG programme governance corruption case for the 2025-2026 period. The five are former BGN Head Dadan Hindayana; former BGN Deputy Head Sony Sonjaya and Lodewyk Pusung; Sony’s associate Asep Yusuf Somantri (AYS); and Commissioner of PT. Yasa Artha Trimanunggal (YAT), Andri Mulyono.

In this case, the Attorney General’s Office explained that the MBG programme was supposed to be managed by SPPG foundations affiliated with recipient schools. However, in practice, many SPPGs were appointed because of their affiliations with BGN officials. Moreover, many of these foundations did not actually meet the requirements to become SPPG partners. Furthermore, there was a mark-up in procurement prices, resulting in losses that did not support the operational implementation of MBG. This included 21,801 electric motorcycles worth IDR 1.03 trillion, 32,000 pairs of shoes, 31,994 tablets, and 5,400 75-inch televisions.