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Indonesia Free Meals Programme Under Fire After Thousands Sickened

Thousands of children fed by President Prabowo Subianto's initiative have fallen ill and calls have grown to halt the programme, which has suspended dozens of production kitchens (Credit: AFP)

Indonesian families whose children were offered free school meals are joining non-profit groups calling for the flagship government programme to be suspended after thousands of students fell ill from the food.

Cases of food poisoning spiked last week in West Bandung, a district of Java island, when more than 1,300 children were rushed to health clinics after suffering from breathing difficulties, nausea and diarrhoea, local media reported.

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