Indonesia’s top rights body calls for police to probe poisoning of about 2,000 students
Komnas HAM said the outbreaks show weak sanitation standards and urged authorities to suspend kitchens linked to the cases.
- On Friday, Indonesia's human rights body Komnas HAM urged police to investigate food poisoning outbreaks linked to President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meal program for students.
- Around 2,000 students and teachers fell ill this week after consuming the government meals, as public satisfaction with the malnutrition-eradication scheme launched by Prabowo last year has dwindled significantly.
- Incidents spread across Central Java, East Java, and West Sumatra, with more than 1,700 cases reported; hundreds of pupils and teachers in Tana Toraja and Rembang required medical treatment.
- Parent Ester Patandung told Reuters, "My hope as a parent is for the central or regional government to cancel the free meal programme," while the National Nutrition Agency delayed a scheduled press conference.
- Lawmaker Charles Honoris reported 50,000 individuals were affected by food poisoning as of September 1, prompting Komnas HAM to call on the National Nutrition Agency to suspend kitchens allegedly responsible.
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Komnas HAM calls for police to probe food poisoning of more than 2,000 students - Politics
In separate cases across at least three major islands, more than 2,000 students and teachers fell ill after eating lunch issued by the government as part of a scheme to eradicate malnutrition launched by Prabowo last year.
Indonesia's top rights body calls for police to probe ...
JAKARTA — Indonesia's top human rights body urged the police on Friday (Sept 4) to investigate several new outbreaks of food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto's flagship programme to provide free meals to students, which made 2,000 people sick this week.In separate cases across at least two major Indonesian islands, around 2,000 students and teachers fell ill after eating...
Some 2,000 Indonesians have been poisoned this week after eating free food provided under a government program, and the country's main human rights group has called on police to investigate, Reuters reported on Friday.
Komnas HAM urges police probe into free school meal poisoning affecting 2,000 in Indonesia
Indonesia's top human rights body urged the police on Friday to investigate several new outbreaks of food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto's flagship programme to provide free meals to students, which made 2,000 people sick this week.In separate cases across at least two major Indonesian islands, around 2,000 students and teachers fell ill after eating lunch issued by the government as part of a scheme to eradicate malnutrition l…
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