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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Stuti Mishra

More than 2,000 students fall ill after eating free school meals in Indonesia

Students clash with police during protests against a rise in fuel prices, inefficient public spending, military involvement in civilian affairs, and the free school meals programme in Surabaya in June - (AFP/Getty)

More than 2,000 students and teachers have fallen ill this week in separate outbreaks of food poisoning linked to Indonesia's free school meals programme.

The outbreaks span at least three of the country's major islands.

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