Free meals programme under fire


In recovery: Students suffering from food poisoning recover at a clinic in Garut, West Java. — AFP

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 month 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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