What Corruption are Dadan Hindayana and Others Involved In? Investigation into SPPG Incentive Manipulation and MBG Project Markups by Attorney General's Office
The alleged corruption case involving the former Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, continues to draw significant public attention. Following his official designation as a suspect by the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung), many parties are questioning the specific nature of the alleged corruption within the management of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Programme.
In addition to Dadan Hindayana, the Attorney General’s Office has also named two former Deputy Heads of the BGN, Sony Sonjaya and Lodewyk Pusung, as suspects. The three individuals are suspected of involvement in irregularities regarding the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal Programme for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, which has resulted in state financial losses.
Investigators are currently deepening their probe into the scale of the profits allegedly obtained by the suspects. However, the Attorney General’s Office has revealed that there are two primary sources being focused on in the investigation: alleged manipulation in the management of the Nutrition Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG) and suspected markups on several goods and services procurement projects within the BGN environment.
Regarding the alleged manipulation in the appointment of SPPG partners, the Director of Investigation for the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, stated that the authorities are still calculating the total profits allegedly enjoyed by the suspects. “The calculation is still ongoing. Therefore, it is still in progress, and we cannot yet state the exact total,” he said on Thursday, 4 June 2026.
During the investigation, the Attorney General’s Office discovered suspected arrangements in the process of appointing partners for SPPG construction. According to existing regulations, the development of MBG service points should be managed by foundations connected to the recipient schools. However, investigators suspect that several foundations affiliated with the suspects were still able to enter the programme after receiving special treatment during the verification process.
According to investigators, this alleged deviation has a significant impact because every SPPG receives operational incentives from the MBG programme. These incentive funds allegedly flowed to foundations linked to the suspects. “Those foundations receive billions of rupiah in incentives every day, and those foundations are affiliated with, among others, Mr DH, Mr SS, and Mr LP,” he stated.
In addition to tracing the flow of funds from SPPG incentives, the Attorney General’s Office is also investigating suspected profits obtained through various goods and services procurement projects within the BGN.