Indonesia
Former National Nutrition Agency (BGN) head Dadan Hindayana is suspected of having affiliation with foundations picked as free nutritious meal rollout partners, while also allegedly pushing to procure equipment deemed unnecessary for the program.
Dadan Hindayana (center), former head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) that oversees the free nutritious meal program, is escorted by Attorney General's Office (AGO) officers and Indonesian Military personnel on June 3 as he leaves the AGO building in Jakarta. The AGO named Dadan and two former BGN deputies as graft suspects pertaining to the procurement and partnering foundation appointment for the program, a day after they were removed over concerns including food quality. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has named Dadan Hindayana, former head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) that oversees the free nutritious meal rollout, as a suspect in an alleged corruption case just one day after his dismissal from the agency.Dadan and former deputy BGN heads Lodewyk Pusung and Sony Sonjaya were interrogated on Wednesday morning. Investigators later detained them after finding sufficient evidence, said assistant attorney general for extraordinary crimes (Jampidsus) investigation director Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi.
