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Indonesia communications minister arrested for graft

Indonesian Communications and Informatics Minister Johnny G. Plate (in a pink vest) walks at the Attorney General's Office following accusations of corruption in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 17, 2023, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Reno Esnir/via REUTERS

Indonesian authorities on Wednesday arrested a senior cabinet minister on corruption charges in a case they said caused more than half a billion dollars in state losses.

Johnny G. Plate is the fifth minister in President Joko Widodo's administrations to be charged with corruption. Most recently, his social affairs and fisheries ministers were jailed in 2021 for graft.

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