JAKARTA - The National Police Headquarters (Mabes Polri) confirmed its support for the legal process carried out by the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) in investigating alleged corruption in the management of the free nutritious meal program (MBG) at the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) for the period 2025-2026.
The statement was made after the Attorney General's Office named the Secretary of the Deputy for Promotion and Cooperation of the BGN, Brigadier General Pol. Lalu Muhammad Iwan (LMI), as a suspect in the case.
Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Headquarters, Inspector General Johnny Eddizon Isir, emphasized that his institution respects and supports the law enforcement steps taken by the Attorney General's Office. "The Police supports and respects law enforcement in the MBG corruption case carried out by the Attorney General's Office," he said, Thursday, July 7.
Isir emphasized that the National Police was committed to supporting the eradication of corruption and did not give special treatment to members who were proven to have committed criminal acts.
"The National Police will always be firm in accordance with the applicable service provisions and is committed to no impunity for any individual police personnel who commit criminal offenses, including corruption offenses," he said.
Previously, the Director of Investigation of the Attorney General's Office for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, announced the appointment of Lalu Muhammad Iwan as a new suspect in the alleged corruption case in the MBG program management. "We have appointed one suspect," he said.
LMI is known to have served as the head of the legal and public relations bureau of BGN until March 2025. Currently, he serves as deputy secretary for promotion and cooperation of BGN and is a member of the National Police who is seconded to the institution.
According to investigators, LMI allegedly asked two witnesses with initials YCS and R to establish a company to sell food trays to prospective partners of the nutrition fulfillment service unit (SPPG) at a predetermined price.
"Establishing a company with the purpose of a means to sell tools in the form of food trays to prospective SPPG partners at prices determined by the suspect LMI," said Syarief.
Investigators also suspect that the price has included a portion for LMI as a condition for the procurement of food trays to be approved. "In the price there is a part for LMI's brother so that the location is approved or approved with the sale of the ompreng," he explained.
The Attorney General's Office has detained LMI for 20 days at the Salemba Detention House Branch of the South Jakarta District Attorney's Office. He is suspected of violating Article 12 letters a, b, and e of the Corruption Crime Law in conjunction with Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Law Code (KUHP).
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