Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. A viral social media post claiming that Indonesia's Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program was temporarily suspended and its budget diverted to fight forest and land fires was false .

Temporary suspension relates to distribution adjustments in affected areas, not evidence that the MBG budget was transferred to extinguish wildfires, according to fact-checking portal turnbackhoax.id.

MBG distribution stops only when affected schools switch to online learning. Furthermore, official setneg.go.id website reported that President Prabowo Subianto instructed maximum coordinated wildfire suppression efforts, including weather modification and helicopter deployments, without diverting any MBG program funding.

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