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Indonesia's free meals program corruption probe expands to police, military

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Indonesia's Attorney General's Office has named a police brigadier general as the seventh suspect in an investigation into alleged corruption within President Prabowo Subianto's US$15 billion free meals program. The probe has also implicated an active-duty military officer in the unlawful procurement of electric motorcycles, with the case now referred to the military crimes unit. This expansion of the corruption probe adds to existing criticisms of the program regarding budget strains and instances of food poisoning. AI

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Indonesia's free meals program corruption probe expands to police, military

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Bloomberg ·

    Indonesia’s free meals corruption probe extends to police, military officers

    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 At…

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