Jakarta, July 9, 2025 (AFP) - Indonesia free meal plan stunted by delays, protests, poisonings

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2025-07-09

When an Indonesian mother dropped off her daughter at school in May, she did not expect her to become violently sick after eating lunch from the government's new billion-dollar free meal programme. "My daughter had a stomach ache, diarrhoea, and a headache," the woman told AFP on condition of anonymity in the Javan city of Bandung. "She also couldn't stop vomiting until three in the morning." Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto touted the popul......

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