Former Deputy Head of National Nutrition Agency Lodewyk Files Third Pretrial Motion, Attorney General's Office Responds
Former Deputy Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Lodewyk Pusung, has filed a third pretrial motion in connection with the alleged corruption case concerning the management of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme for 2025-2026. The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has stated that it is ready to face the third motion.
The pretrial application was registered at the South Jakarta District Court on Wednesday (26/8), under case number 150/Pid.Pra/2026/PN JKT.SEL. This time, Lodewyk is challenging the legality of the seizure measures carried out by investigators.
“The Attorney General’s Office respects the filing of a pretrial motion as a legal right of the suspect guaranteed by the Criminal Procedure Code. Therefore, please exercise that right in accordance with the applicable legal mechanism, and the Attorney General’s Office as the respondent will certainly face it and provide answers in court,” said the Head of the Attorney General’s Office Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, in a statement on Saturday (29/8/2026).
Anang nevertheless referred to the provisions of Law Number 20 of 2025 concerning the new Criminal Procedure Code. Under that law, he said, there are limitations on filing pretrial motions for the same object.
“However, it should be understood that the new Criminal Procedure Code also provides firm limitations. Article 160 paragraph (3) of Law Number 20 of 2025 states that an application regarding the legality of coercive measures may only be filed once for the same matter,” Anang said.
Anang said the prosecution team will examine the substance of the motion filed by Lodewyk Pusung in greater depth. The Attorney General’s Office will ascertain whether there is any repetition of the object of the case from previous applications.
“Because this is referred to as the third pretrial motion, the prosecution team will first carefully examine the application, particularly whether the object, basis, coercive measures, and substance being challenged are the same as the previous applications,” he explained.
A number of points will form the main legal arguments of the Attorney General’s Office before the judge. These include the issue of authority and the limits on filing pretrial motions.
“This will form part of the prosecution’s legal arguments in court, including regarding the aspect of the court’s authority, legal standing, the object of the pretrial motion, and the limitations on filing pretrial motions as regulated in the new Criminal Procedure Code,” he added.
Anang also confirmed that all legal procedures carried out by his office in investigating the MBG management case have been in accordance with procedure.
“As for the main case itself, the Attorney General’s Office remains confident that all investigative actions and coercive measures taken were based on sufficient evidence and carried out in accordance with procedural law,” Anang added.
For information, the first motion was filed by Lodewyk at the South Jakarta District Court to challenge the validity of his suspect status. However, the judge ruled that the South Jakarta District Court did not have the authority to hear the case because the locus delicti was deemed not to be in South Jakarta.
Subsequently, Lodewyk filed a second motion at the Central Jakarta District Court. The focus of that motion was the legality of the seizure measures by the Attorney General’s Office.
As a result, the single judge at the Central Jakarta District Court granted the Attorney General’s Office’s objection. The judge ruled that the Central Jakarta District Court also lacked the authority to hear the pretrial motion. Consequently, the judge did not consider or examine the substance of the seizure or the suspect determination against Lodewyk at all.
For information, Lodewyk Pusung has been named a suspect in the alleged corruption case concerning MBG management by the Attorney General’s Office. Lodewyk objected and filed a pretrial motion against the Attorney General’s Office.
In addition to Lodewyk, the Attorney General’s Office has named six other suspects in this case. The following is the complete list of suspects in the MBG case so far:
Former Head of BGN Dadan Hindayana
Former Deputy Head of BGN Sony Sonjaya
Former Deputy Head of BGN Lodewyk Pusung
Asep Yusuf Somantri (AYS), a close associate of Sony
Commissioner of PT Yasa Artha Trimanunggal (PT YAT), the provider of BGN electric motorcycles, Andri Mulyono (AM)
Chair of the Indonesia Food Security Review (IFSR) Foundation, Glory Harimas Sihombing
Secretary of the Deputy for Promotion and Cooperation of BGN, Lalu Muhammad Iwan (LMI).