Former Free Meals Agency Chief Dadan Hindayana Arrested on Corruption Charges

The Attorney General's Office arrested Dadan Hindayana, former head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) that runs President Prabowo's flagship Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program, along with deputies Lodewyk Pusung and Sony Sonjaya, one day after Prabowo dismissed them from their posts. Investigators allege the officials manipulated verification procedures to approve partner foundations and pushed unnecessary procurement — including electric motorcycles from PT Yasa Artha Trimanunggal — worth billions of rupiah, amid a wider wave of MBG food-poisoning scandals that sickened thousands of schoolchildren in 2025. The arrests triggered a program-wide 'budget efficiency' overhaul and became a flashpoint for the student protests that erupted later in June.