Indonesia’s anti-corruption investigation into President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals programme is expanding to include both police and military personnel, according to reporting from multiple outlets. Prosecutors in the Attorney General’s Office identify an active police brigadier general, Lalu Muhammad Iwan Mahardan, as a suspect. He serves in a senior role at the National Nutrition Agency, responsible for promotion and cooperation, and prosecutors name him as part of the probe’s widening scope. In addition to the police suspect designation, the Attorney General’s Office refers a separate matter involving a military officer to Indonesia’s military crimes unit, indicating that alleged wrongdoing also touches the armed forces. The cases described are framed within the broader corruption inquiry into the free meals programme, which is presented by the government as a key social assistance initiative. The investigation’s expansion reflects prosecutors’ efforts to broaden potential accountability across relevant institutions involved in programme implementation and related processes, while specifics of the allegations beyond the new suspect and the referral are not detailed in the provided reports.
Indonesia expands graft probe over President Prabowo’s free meals to police and military
Indonesia’s anti-corruption investigation into President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals programme is expanding to include both police and military personnel, according to reporting from multip...
- Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office expands a corruption probe into President Prabowo Subianto’s free meals programme.
- Prosecutors name active police brigadier general Lalu Muhammad Iwan Mahardan as a suspect.
- Mahardan is described as deputy secretary for promotion and cooperation at the National Nutrition Agency.
- A case involving a military officer is referred to Indonesia’s military crimes unit.
- The updates indicate the investigation now involves both police and military personnel.
A corruption investigation into Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals programme has widened after prosecutors named an active police brigadier general as a suspect and referred a case involving a military officer to the country’s military crimes unit. The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on Thursday identified Lalu Muhammad Iwan Mahardan, a police brigadier general who serves as deputy secretary for promotion and cooperation at the National Nutrition Agency, as the seventh...
3 hours agoA corruption probe into Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals program has widened after prosecutors named an active police brigadier general as a suspect and referred a case involving a military officer to the country’s military crimes unit.
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