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Indonesia’s stepped-up anti-graft drive appears targeted at opposition camp: Observers
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Former Communications and Informatics minister Johnny G. Plate (centre) is on trial after being indicted for corruption.
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JAKARTA – As Indonesia gears up for a general election in four months’ time, the government’s anti-graft drive has been picking up speed, but those targeted appear to be mostly politicians and officials from the opposition camp, or those who support them.
Observers have raised suspicions that the administration of President Joko Widodo is cherry-picking.
