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Indonesian minister held in telecoms graft case

Indonesian Communications and Informatics Minister Johnny Plate is escorted from the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta after being charged with corruption on Wednesday. (Photo: Antara Foto via Reuters)

JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have arrested a senior minister for his alleged role in a corruption case stemming from a telecommunications project that has cost the country more than $500 million in losses.

Clad in the bright pink vest usually worn by corruption suspects, Communications and Informatics Minister Johnny Gerard Plate was questioned for hours at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) before being bundled into a car and taken to a detention centre in Jakarta.

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