Indonesia's free meals program, already plagued by governance issues, is now facing corruption allegations. Top former officials overseeing President Prabowo Subianto's flagship scheme have been arrested, potentially making it a political liability.

Indonesia’s free meals programme has long been beset with governance problems, quality issues and mass food poisoning cases. Now, allegations of corruption and the arrests of top former officials overseeing Prabowo Subianto’s flagship scheme risk turning it into a political hot potato for the president. Prabowo sacked former National Nutrition Agency chief Dadan Hindayana and his two ex-deputies, Sonny Sonjaya and Lodewyk Pusung, on Tuesday. The trio were charged with corruption and taken into.....