JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Presidential Communication Office (PCO) Adita Irawati asked the public to dare to report to the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) if they find fraud under the guise of Free Nutrition (MBG).
This was conveyed by him in response to the many reports from various regions, especially catering business actors who became victims after being deceived by irresponsible parties with the lure of potentially becoming a supplier to MBG.
"We also get reports from the field, there are individuals, some are holding fictitious MBG, and so on. Please if people see this condition or know that this is true, just report it. Now BGN already has a reporting platform, bgn.lapor.go.id," Adita said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, January 13.
According to him, currently the BGN-owned platform is not only open to accepting complaints related to fraud that uses the MBG program, but also receives input from any society related to MBG.
The hope is that with the availability of the reporting platform, the existing problems can be followed up immediately and the Indonesian people can see the smooth and optimal implementation of the MBG program not only for beneficiaries but also for other related parties.
Adita also advised that if the fraud on behalf of the MBG program was deemed to have violated the law, the public could also report it to law enforcement.
"If there are indications of a violation of the law, it can be reported to the relevant legal apparatus," said Adita.
Adita also said that the government had received several complaints related to fraud that took the MBG program and it was immediately followed up.
The fraud problem that profited MBG's program has been reported to have been found since last year. One of the things that is crowded is the fraud experienced by catering entrepreneurs in Kediri, East Java, which claimed dozens of victims of catering entrepreneurs.
As previously reported, on Sunday (12/29/2024), one of the victims, Diah admitted that he was initially offered by a friend related to the free nutritious meal program for 1,000 boxes. At that time, there were still no matters related to payments.
"Until a few weeks later there was a payment of Rp. 1 million," he said for the agreement. Guarantee that we entered the group," he said in Kediri, Sunday.
He took 2,000 boxes, so he handed over Rp2 million which was received by an individual with the initials M. He did not know that M, was suspected of committing fraud.
Diah became quite restless, because it was not only himself who was suspected of being a victim, but there were many others. In fact, the information is that the money collected is more than Rp. 70 million from the action taken by M.
In addition, fraud under the guise of the MBG program was recently also found in Hulu Sungai Tengah, South Kalimantan. This time the findings of the fraud even on behalf of the Kodim 1002/Central River Hulu (HST).
The HST Kodim reminded the public, especially MSME players, to always be aware of fraud on behalf of the HST Kodim or related to other government programs.
There have been complaints from catering owners who informed that the HST Kodim ordered a number of food packages, it was a fraud. Make sure the truth is confirmed directly and comes to the HST Kodim," said Commander of Kodim 1002/HST Lt. Col. Inf. Fery Perbawa in Barabai Hulu Sungai Tengah, Wednesday (8/1).
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