1,000 children fall ill from midday school meal in Indonesia

More than 1,000 children have fallen ill from free school lunches in Indonesia this week, according to authorities – the latest in a string of mass food poisoning events linked to President Prabowo Subianto's multi-billion-dollar nutritious meals programme. Yuyun Sarihotima, head of West Java's Cipongkor Community Health Center, told BBC Indonesia that the total number of poisoning victims recorded between Monday and Wednesday had reached 1,074. It follows the poisoning of 800 students last week in West Java and Central Sulawesi provinces. President Prabowo has made the nutritious meals programme – which aims to offer free lunches to 80 million school children – a signature of his leadership. But a spate of mass food poisoning incidents has led non-governmental organisations...