KPK Spokesperson Acknowledges Fitroh Rohcahyanto Has a Social Foundation in the Middle of the MBG Kitchen Issue

JAKARTA - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesman Budi Prasetyo said Deputy Chairman of the KPK Fitroh Rohcahyanto indeed has a foundation that works in the social sector.

This statement was made after Fitroh's name was widely circulated on social media and was associated with the alleged corruption of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Program. Even so, Budi emphasized that the foundation affiliated with his deputy chief had nothing to do with the case being investigated by the Attorney General's Office.

"The foundation was formed long before the MBG program. This foundation focuses on various social activities such as empowerment and improving the welfare of the surrounding community," Budi told reporters through a written statement, Wednesday, June 10.

Budi further said Fitroh also did not know Sony Sonjaya as the former Deputy Head of BGN who had become a suspect.

Information about dozens of names suspected to be related to the BGN case is said to come from Sony's mobile phone.

"Mr. Fitroh also did not receive or benefit from the material activities of the Foundation," he said.

"Mr. Fitroh Rochcayanto does not know Sony Sonjaya."

Separately, Fitroh has also denied knowing Sony. In his rebuttal, he said he had never asked for a point of the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) in the MBG program.

"I never communicated to ask for a kitchen point, let alone buy a point because I am not in the kitchen business," he said separately.

As previously reported, the Attorney General's Office has named Dadan Hindayana along with Lodewyk Pusung and Sony Sonjaya as suspects. Investigators suspect that there was a practice of buying and selling the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) in the implementation of the MBG program, resulting in state losses.

The three were then charged with Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 letter a or c of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 18 of the Law on Eradication of Corruption Crimes. The Attorney General's Office is also still investigating the flow of funds and the parties suspected of being involved in the case.