Attorney General's Office Seizes Alphard Belonging to Sony Sonjaya's Confidant

The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has seized a Toyota Alphard belonging to suspect Asep Yusuf Somantri (AYS) in the corruption case concerning the management of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme. Director of Investigation for the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, stated the seizure was carried out after his team discovered assets resulting from MBG corruption belonging to the confidant of former Deputy Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Sony Sonjaya. “The car is from one of the suspects we detained at that time, namely Mr AYS. We detained him about a week ago. We only obtained the car today, one of his assets we have seized,” he said during a press conference on Thursday (18/6). Syarief further stated that his team is continuing to trace assets belonging to the suspects that are suspected to originate from the proceeds of criminal corruption in the MBG case. This includes, he said, cash assets handed over to former BGN Head Dadan Hindayana from the Chairperson of the Indonesia Food Security Review Foundation, Glory Harimas Sihombing, resulting from the sale and purchase of SPPG points. “It is still in process. The seizure of assets is still in process,” he said. Previously, the Attorney General’s Office had named a total of six suspects in the corruption case concerning the management of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme for the 2025-2026 period. The six individuals are former BGN Head Dadan Hindayana; former BGN Deputy Heads Sony Sonjaya and Lodewyk Pusung; Sony’s associate, Asep Yusuf Somantri (AYS); Commissioner of PT Yasa Artha Trimanunggal (YAT), Andri Mulyono; and Chairperson of the Indonesia Food Security Review Foundation, Glory Harimas Sihombing. In this case, the Attorney General’s Office explained that the MBG programme should have been managed by the Nutrition Service and Fulfilment Unit (SPPG) foundations affiliated with recipient schools. However, in its implementation, many SPPGs were appointed because they had affiliations with BGN officials. Furthermore, many foundations did not actually meet the requirements to become SPPG partners. Additionally, there was a mark-up in the procurement prices of goods, resulting in losses that did not support the operational implementation of the MBG. This included 21,801 units of electric motorcycles worth IDR 1.03 trillion, 32,000 pairs of shoes, 31,994 tablet units, and 5,400 units of 75-inch televisions.