Indonesian officials apologize for mass food poisoning from free meals

40 kitchens closed after 6,000 children fall sick

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Students receive treatment at a makeshift clinic in Bandung, West Java province, after coming down with food poisoning from government-sponsored free school meals. © Reuters

REZHA HADYAN

JAKARTA -- Indonesian officials on Friday apologized for thousands of children falling sick from President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meal program and said about 40 kitchens had been closed for not following proper procedures.

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