KPK Confirms Investigation into Free Nutritious Meal Programme Amid Detention of Former BGN Head

The Corruption Eradability Commission (KPK) has acknowledged that it is conducting an investigation into alleged corruption related to the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme within the National Nutrition Agency (BGN). This investigation is taking place as the Attorney General’s Office announced the detention of the former head of the BGN.

“We actually already had an investigation underway, but then other law enforcement agencies (the Attorney General’s Office) have escalated the process to the investigation stage,” said the Acting Director of Investigation at the KPK, Achmad Taufik Husein, at the KPK Red and White Building, Jakarta, on Monday (8/6/2026).

Consequently, Taufik stated that the KPK will determine the next steps for the MBG corruption investigation through a case review or exposé. “Whether we will develop this into an investigation process? Whether that data will be handed over to the Attorney General’s Office? We will await the results of the case review and the decision made by the leadership regarding the course of action,” he said.

Previously, on 3 June 2026, the Attorney General’s Office named the former head of the BGN, Dadan Hindayana, along with former deputy heads Lodewyk Pusung and Sony Sanjaya, as suspects in a corruption case involving the management of the MBG programme.

According to the Attorney General’s Office, one of the modus operandi used by the former BGN leaders was the appointment of several foundations that did not meet the necessary requirements and were affiliated with them to serve as MBG kitchens or Nutrition Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG). It is alleged that they subsequently received benefits from these foundations. Furthermore, the Attorney General’s Office suspects they engaged in price mark-ups on several goods and services procurements, resulting in losses to state finances.