Purbaya Admits Involvement in Reporting Former National Nutrition Agency Head Dadan Regarding MBG Corruption
Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has revealed that the removal of Dadan Hindayana from his position as Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), alongside his designation as a suspect in the alleged MBG corruption case by the Attorney General’s Office, is part of President Prabowo Subianto’s evaluation of his priority programmes.
“This is the President’s decision after evaluating his performance. We do not interfere,” Purbaya stated at the DPR Building, Jakarta, on Wednesday (3/6/2026).
Following this evaluation, Purbaya noted that the Head of State has decided to reduce the MBG budget for this year from Rp 335 trillion to Rp 268 trillion. “The clear question is, what is the budget now? It is around Rp 260 trillion, right? It will decrease due to various cuts; it will likely be slightly below that,” he emphasised.
He added that President Prabowo Subiante’s evaluation is based on oversight conducted by relevant ministries and agencies, such as the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP). However, he stressed that the Ministry of Finance also conducts oversight regarding budget implementation and reports findings to President Prabowo. “We shall see. We check the pricing, and one of the reports may originate from us, but it is not just from us; BPKP examines, the Attorney General’s Office examines, everyone is checking, so we exchange data,” said Purbaya.
As previously reported, the Attorney General’s Office has provided explanations regarding the investigation into alleged criminal acts of corruption in the management of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme at the National Nutrition Agency for the years 2025 and 2026. In this case, the Attorney General’s Office has named the former head of the BGN, Dadan Hindayana, as a suspect. Additionally, two former deputy heads of the BGN, Sony Sonjaya and Lodewyk Pusung, have also been named suspects.
Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, Director of Investigation at the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, explained that the MBG programme, which commenced on 6 January 2025, utilised a budget of Rp 85.7 trillion in 2025 and is allocated Rp 286 trillion for 2026, sourced from the State Budget (APBN).
According to him, the MBG programme was intended to be managed by foundations within each school. However, in reality, the foundations appointed as partners for the SPPG were entities used as vehicles by officials affiliated with BGN officials or employees who did not meet the requirements to become SPPG partners.
“Nevertheless, they were appointed through manipulated verification processes on the BGN partner portal under the direction of the suspects. These foundations received billions of rupiah in incentives daily, and the affiliated foundations include those owned by DH, SS, and LP,” Syarief stated during a press conference in front of the Jampidsus Building of the Attorney General’s Office, South Jakarta, on Wednesday (3/6/2026).