Mahfud MD Reveals Grandchildren Poisoned by Free Meal Program in Yogyakarta Reporter Daniel Ahmad Fajri October 1, 2025 | 12:05 pm TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, revealed that two of his grandchildren in Yogyakarta suffered from food poisoning after consuming food provided by the government’s Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Program. One of his grandchildren required a four-day hospitalization.Mahfud disclosed the incident in a video titled ‘Bereskan Tata Kelola MBG’ on his official YouTube channel, ‘Mahfud Md Official,’ uploaded on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. He stated that on the afternoon following the MBG consumption, eight students, including his grandchildren, began vomiting and were subsequently taken to the hospital. While seven students, including his elder grandchild, were discharged after a day, the younger child needed extended hospital care. “So, six [students] and the elder one, after vomiting for a day, were allowed to go home and receive treatment there,” Mahfud stated in the video uploaded on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. “But this one had to be hospitalized for four days.”Mahfud stressed that the series of poisoning cases cannot be treated as a mere matter of numbers, emphasizing that the governance of the free meal program needs urgent improvement.He asserted that while the number of poisoning incidents is statistically small, less than 0.1 percent of total recipients, the issue concerns lives and health. “This is not a matter of numbers. This needs to be further investigated,” he said.MBG Food Poisoning CasesThe MBG program, a flagship initiative of President Prabowo Subianto, has drawn scrutiny due to the increasing number of food poisoning incidents.From January to September 22, 2025, the program had targeted 22.9 million recipients utilizing 8,450 kitchens.During its nine months of implementation, the National Nutrition Body recorded 5,914 beneficiaries suffering from poisoning. However, the Indonesian Education Monitoring Network reported an even higher figure, with more than 8,000 individuals affected.Prabowo acknowledged the shortcomings in the program’s execution during a speech at the Partai Keadilan Sejahtera congress in Central Jakarta on Monday, September 29, 2025.He maintained that the percentage of incidents was extremely low, stating that out of the total 30 million MBG beneficiaries, including children and pregnant mothers, receiving food daily, “We calculated from all the food that deviates, the deficiencies, or mistakes, it is 0.0017 percent.”Editor’s Choice: Two Indonesian Journalists Reportedly Face Violence at Jakarta MBG KitchenClick here to get the latest news updates from Tempo on Google News Mahfud MD Reveals Grandchildren Poisoned by Free Meal Program in Yogyakarta Reporter Daniel Ahmad Fajri October 1, 2025 | 12:05 pm TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, revealed that two of his grandchildren in Yogyakarta suffered from food poisoning after consuming food provided by the government’s Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Program. One of his grandchildren required a four-day hospitalization.Mahfud disclosed the incident in a video titled ‘Bereskan Tata Kelola MBG’ on his official YouTube channel, ‘Mahfud Md Official,’ uploaded on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. He stated that on the afternoon following the MBG consumption, eight students, including his grandchildren, began vomiting and were subsequently taken to the hospital. While seven students, including his elder grandchild, were discharged after a day, the younger child needed extended hospital care. “So, six [students] and the elder one, after vomiting for a day, were allowed to go home and receive treatment there,” Mahfud stated in the video uploaded on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Mahfud MD Reveals Grandchildren Poisoned by Free Meal Program in Yogyakarta Reporter Daniel Ahmad Fajri October 1, 2025 | 12:05 pm TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, revealed that two of his grandchildren in Yogyakarta suffered from food poisoning after consuming food provided by the government’s Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Program. One of his grandchildren required a four-day hospitalization.Mahfud disclosed the incident in a video titled ‘Bereskan Tata Kelola MBG’ on his official YouTube channel, ‘Mahfud Md Official,’ uploaded on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. He stated that on the afternoon following the MBG consumption, eight students, including his grandchildren, began vomiting and were subsequently taken to the hospital. While seven students, including his elder grandchild, were discharged after a day, the younger child needed extended hospital care. “So, six [students] and the elder one, after vomiting for a day, were allowed to go home and receive treatment there,” Mahfud stated in the video uploaded on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Mahfud MD Reveals Grandchildren Poisoned by Free Meal Program in Yogyakarta Reporter Daniel Ahmad Fajri October 1, 2025 | 12:05 pm TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, revealed that two of his grandchildren in Yogyakarta suffered from food poisoning after consuming food provided by the government’s Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Program. One of his grandchildren required a four-day hospitalization.Mahfud disclosed the incident in a video titled ‘Bereskan Tata Kelola MBG’ on his official YouTube channel, ‘Mahfud Md Official,’ uploaded on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. He stated that on the afternoon following the MBG consumption, eight students, including his grandchildren, began vomiting and were subsequently taken to the hospital. While seven students, including his elder grandchild, were discharged after a day, the younger child needed extended hospital care. “So, six [students] and the elder one, after vomiting for a day, were allowed to go home and receive treatment there,” Mahfud stated in the video uploaded on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Mahfud MD Reveals Grandchildren Poisoned by Free Meal Program in Yogyakarta Reporter Daniel Ahmad Fajri October 1, 2025 | 12:05 pm TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, revealed that two of his grandchildren in Yogyakarta suffered from food poisoning after consuming food provided by the government’s Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Program. One of his grandchildren required a four-day hospitalization.Mahfud disclosed the incident in a video titled ‘Bereskan Tata Kelola MBG’ on his official YouTube channel, ‘Mahfud Md Official,’ uploaded on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. He stated that on the afternoon following the MBG consumption, eight students, including his grandchildren, began vomiting and were subsequently taken to the hospital. While seven students, including his elder grandchild, were discharged after a day, the younger child needed extended hospital care. “So, six [students] and the elder one, after vomiting for a day, were allowed to go home and receive treatment there,” Mahfud stated in the video uploaded on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
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