Indonesia Corruption Watch Urges KPK to Monitor 1,179 Police Nutritional Units
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia Corruption Watch has urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to monitor the 1,179 Nutritional Service Units (SPPG) owned by the Indonesian National Police (Polri).
Yassar Aulia, a staff member of the Advocacy Division at Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), explained that the request was specifically addressed to Aminudin, the Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring at the KPK.
“We submitted a letter requesting the Deputy to give more attention to the management mechanisms of the SPPGs currently managed by Polri,” Yassar said at the KPK’s Merah Putih Building in Jakarta on Tuesday.
According to him, the KPK is authorised to follow up on ICW’s request in accordance with Articles 6 and 7 of Law Number 19 of 2019 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 30 of 2002 concerning the Corruption Eradication Commission, as well as Articles 45 and 49 of KPK Regulation Number 7 of 2020 concerning the Organisation and Working Procedures of the KPK.
“So, if we look at the KPK Law and its implementing regulations, the eradication of corruption is mandated to the KPK, not only in the context of enforcement, but also prevention, and that is the authority held by the Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring,” he said.
Yassar explained that ICW is asking the KPK to monitor the thousands of Polri SPPGs because there are concerns about potential irregularities in their management through the Kemala Bhayangkari Foundation.
“If we look at the technical guidelines from the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), which were released last December, they provide a number of privileges to the police in managing the SPPGs. One of them is that they are not limited in managing the SPPGs,” he said.
In addition, Yassar said that the KPK needs to monitor the Polri SPPGs because of the daily incentives provided free of charge to each SPPG, amounting to Rp6 million per day for six days, which applies for a period of two years from the start of operations.
He said that if we refer to the operational year in 2026, there will be 313 operational days. Thus, the estimated revenue for each SPPG reaches around Rp2.2 trillion per year of operation.
“This is in addition to the operational funds and the initial funds provided by the BGN, which amount to around Rp500 million,” he said.
“Therefore, this is a matter of great urgency that needs to be addressed by the KPK because, lately, especially when we see how the Polri institution has received attention from the public due to various controversies in general, as well as when the President and the Chief of Police announced that they manage 1,179 SPPGs,” he said.
Previously, on 13 February 2026, President Prabowo Subianto attended the inauguration and groundbreaking ceremony for 1,179 SPPGs and 18 Polri Food Security Warehouses.
At the event, the Chief of Police, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, said that the 1,179 SPPGs consist of 411 that have been operational, 162 that are in the preparation stage, 499 that are under construction and will be completed in March 2026, and 107 that are still in the groundbreaking stage.