Indonesia: Thousands fall sick from free school meals
Hundreds of new food poisoning cases have been reported this week linked to President Prabowo Subianto's free school lunch program. The costly scheme has been dogged by health concerns and allegations of corruption.
Around 2,000 students and teachers across Indonesia have fallen ill with food poisoning over the past three days linked to the government’s free school meals programme. The meals, provided through a multibillion-dollar scheme called the Makan Bergizi Gratis (MBG) programme, have been the suspected source of a string of mass food poisonings.
The programme, one of President Prabowo Subianto’s signature policies, aims to improve nutrition for Indonesia’s schoolchildren but has been dogged by allegations of corruption and criticism of its cost.
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