BGN and Attorney General's Office Deploy Intelligence to Directly Monitor Non-Compliant Free Nutritious Meal Service Units
Jakarta — The Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, announced that his agency is collaborating with the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) to tighten oversight of the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal Programme (MBG).
The collaboration aims to prevent misuse and irregularities in the MBG programme implementation across all regions in Indonesia. This was stated following a meeting with Attorney General ST Burhanuddin and the Attorney General’s Deputy for Intelligence (Jamintel) at the Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday (17 March 2026).
According to Dadan, intensive cooperation between BGN and the Attorney General’s Office will be conducted down to village level to audit and monitor the use of funds allocated to Nutritional Service Units (SPPG).
As part of this collaboration, the BGN Head has requested that Attorney General personnel be embedded within BGN’s internal structure. The plan includes appointing an Attorney General official to serve as an official in BGN’s Inspectorate.
“Today I was received by Attorney General Burhanuddin. We discussed two main matters. First, we want to strengthen oversight components, particularly in the implementation of MBG in the regions,” Dadan told reporters during the meeting.
He explained that currently 93% of BGN’s budget is distributed to approximately 25,570 SPPG units throughout Indonesia. The allocated funds amount to Rp1 billion per month for each SPPG unit, with higher allocations for units in high-cost regions.
Dadan noted that BGN currently has an oversight component managed by the Deputy for Monitoring and Oversight working with the Financial and Development Supervisory Board (BPKP) to audit all MBG expenditures. BGN and the Attorney General’s Office are now collaborating to enhance this oversight, not only involving regional prosecutors’ offices but also intelligence officers from the Attorney General’s Office.
“We discussed additional oversight mechanisms in the regions. Intelligence officers from the Attorney General’s Office across Indonesia, in villages and at the community level, will monitor the use of SPPG budgets to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures and technical guidelines, so that funds are used as optimally and transparently as possible,” he stated.
“We also requested that the Attorney General’s Office deploy personnel. One official will be appointed to work at BGN to strengthen our central team,” Dadan added.
Sanctions Mechanism
Dadan noted that this joint oversight focuses on preventing irregularities, with sanctions applied when violations occur. These range from issuing first and second warning letters, temporary closure with an opportunity to correct violations, to permanent closure if violations persist.
With these measures, the implementation of MBG will improve, and public discourse will increasingly focus on positive developments rather than negative incidents, such as the 62 SPPG units that recently violated programme guidelines.
“You know we closed 62 SPPG units temporarily due to inadequate meal menus that did not comply with standards. This became a vocal minority issue because 62 out of more than 25,000 SPPG units went viral for non-compliance. Yet the majority are implementing the programme properly,” he explained.
“This joint oversight with the Attorney General’s Office will be increasingly intensive, and to ensure all partners work optimally, the community will also be monitoring. Sanctions for non-compliant SPPG units are already in place. If there is evidence of deviation, misuse, and violations that can be proven legally, prosecution cannot be ruled out,” Dadan concluded.