DPR: Free Nutritious Meal Programme Should Focus on Nutrition, not Motorcycles and iPads

The Chairman of the House of R.I. Budget Committee (Banggar), Said Abdullah, has emphasised that the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme should be focused on meeting the nutritional needs of the community, rather than the procurement of goods unrelated to the programme.

Said made these remarks in response to the naming of the former Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, as a suspect and his subsequent detention.

“I have repeatedly stated that the focus should be on free nutritious meals, not on incentives, motorcycles, or iPads; those have no connection whatsoever,” Said told reporters at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Thursday, 4 June 2026.

Said admitted that since the beginning, he has frequently pointed out that the weakness of the BGN lies in its governance aspects. “From the start, I have repeatedly stated that the weakness of the BGN—which is a priority flagship of the President—lies in its governance aspects,” he said.

It was previously reported that the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) officially named the former Head of the National Nutrition Agency, Dadan Hindayana, as a suspect in a corruption case involving the alleged buying and selling of Nutrition Fulfilment Service Unit (SPPG) points on Wednesday, 3 June 2026.

This designation marks the culmination of a series of investigations that included searches at the BGN office in Kebon Sirih, Central Jakarta. Dadan was subsequently interrogated and immediately taken by investigators from the Special Crimes Directorate (Jampidsus) wearing the characteristic pink detainee vest of the Attorney General’s Office.

The case involving the former high-ranking BGN official emerged after investigators conducted searches at the agency’s office early in the morning. From that location, investigators allegedly secured several findings pointing towards the practice of buying and selling SPPG points within the national nutrition fulfilment programme.

In addition to Dadan, the Attorney General’s Office has also named and detained the Deputy Head of the BGN, Sony Sonjaya, and Lodewyk Pusung as suspects.