JAKARTA: Wearing a black T-shirt and leather jacket, the governor of Jakarta thrusts his fist into the air among a sweat-soaked, headbanging crowd at a concert by rock band Metallica.
If being among the people is unusual for an Indonesian politician, doing so at a heavy metal gig is one of the reasons 52-year-old Joko Widodo has quickly risen to the top of opinion polls as a figure regarded as outside the establishment.
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