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From Bulog Rice to BGN E-Bikes: Revealing Yasa Group's Logistics Empire and Secret Chinese Imports

In early 2026, Indonesia's Badan Gizi Nasional (BGN) — the National Nutrition Agency responsible for executing President Prabowo's flagship free nutritious meals program — became a focal point for a wave of e-bike and electric vehicle procurement intended to support "last mile" meal distribution to schools and community kitchens (SPPG) across the archipelago. 21,801 Emmo-branded electric motorcycles were purchased by BGN from PT Adlas Sarana Elektrik and PT Yasa Artha Trimanunggal, both part of the same tightly-held corporate group known as the Yasa Group. The two models — the Emmo-JVX GT trail bike at Rp 43,300,000 per unit and the Emmo-JV Max underbone at Rp 41,700,000 per unit — were listed on the government e-catalogue as certified domestic products (PDN), qualifying for procurement on the strength of a 48.5% TKDN score held by PT Adlas Sarana Elektrik. Within days of the purchase becoming public, social media users began circulating side-by-side images of the Emm...