Indonesia arrests former head of President Prabowo’s flagship free meal scheme
Indonesia arrests former head of President Prabowo’s flagship free meal scheme
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JAKARTA: Indonesia on Wednesday (Jun 3) arrested the former head of the country's free school meals programme, blighted by mass food poisonings and corruption claims, a day after he was fired.
The programme was the flagship policy of President Prabowo Subianto's 2024 election campaign.
Prabowo fired Dadan Hindayana, an entomologist who had led the National Nutrition Agency since its inception in August 2024, along with two deputies on Tuesday. All three were taken into custody in Jakarta on Wednesday.
They stand accused of "crimes in the management" of the programme, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi of the attorney general's office (AGO) told reporters.
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