Around 400 Children Fall Ill after Eating Free School Meals in Indonesia's Bengkulu
Around 400 children have fallen ill after eating free school meals in Indonesia's western Bengkulu Province in the worst case of mass food poisoning to date linked to President Prabowo Subianto's flagship food programme.
Prabowo launched the programme of free meals for children and pregnant women in January, but the initiative has been marred by mass food poisoning across the archipelago, affecting hundreds of people.
Last month, 365 people fell ill from free school meals in Central Java. According to local media reports...
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